CVE-2006-4342

5.5 MEDIUM
Published: October 17, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

The kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by running the shmat function on an shm at the same time that shmctl is removing that shm (IPC_RMID), which prevents a spinlock from being unlocked.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22497
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23064
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245984
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205618
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Issue Tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/22497
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23064
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245984
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205618
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.5 / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

redhat