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CVE-2006-3741

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3741 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel (versions 2.4.x and 2.6 before 2.6.18) specifically affecting Itanium systems. The flaw lies in the perfmonctl system call's failure to correctly manage file descriptor reference counts, allowing local users to exhaust system resources. With a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), this vulnerability is considered low severity, requiring local access and resulting in a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test12:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-3741Moderate

security flaw

Sep 8, 2006

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/22279
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22292
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22382
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22945
secunia.com / advisories/23370
secunia.com / advisories/23474
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29384
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11250
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
kernel.org / git
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/20361
us.debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1233
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3937