CVE-2006-0035

medium

Description

The netlink_rcv_skb function in af_netlink.c in Linux kernel 2.6.14 and 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a nlmsg_len field of 0.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24202

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0220

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0004

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16414

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad8e4b75c8a7bed475d72ce09bf5267188621961

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/388

http://secunia.com/advisories/18482

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-01-11

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H