CVE-2006-4623 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) decapsulation component of the Linux kernel's dvb driver, specifically affecting versions up to 2.6.17.8. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a ULE packet with a zero-length SNDU, causing the system to crash. The vulnerability has a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating it is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.17.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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