CVE-2006-5648

medium

Description

Ubuntu Linux 6.10 for the PowerPC (PPC) allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by using the (1) sys_get_robust_list and (2) sys_set_robust_list functions to create processes that cannot be killed.

References

Advisories
More

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2006-5633

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21582

http://secunia.com/advisories/23474

http://secunia.com/advisories/23384

http://secunia.com/advisories/23361

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-12-14

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H