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CVE-2006-4535

15
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
35.6%
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 66th 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 (1)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-4535Important

security flaw

Aug 28, 2006

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/21945
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21967
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22082
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22093
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22292
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22382
secunia.com / advisories/22945
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29011
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10530
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1183
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1184
mail-archive.com / kernel-svn-changes%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg02314.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
securityfocus.com / bid/20087
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-347-1