CVE-2006-1589 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the elf_load_file function of NetBSD versions 2.0 through 3.0. A local attacker can trigger a kernel crash by providing a malformed ELF interpreter lacking a PT_LOAD section, leading to a null dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the sole impact being system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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