CVE-2006-4535 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting specific versions of the Linux kernel (2.6.17.10, 2.6.17.11, and 2.6.18-rc5), and potentially older distribution-specific kernels due to backported patches. A local attacker can trigger a system crash by manipulating an SCTP socket with a particular SO_LINGER value. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity with local access required, and its primary impact is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.17.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.17.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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