CVE-2006-0038

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-03-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the do_replace function in netfilter for Linux before 2.6.16-rc3, when using "virtualization solutions" such as OpenVZ, allows local users with CAP_NET_ADMIN rights to cause a buffer overflow in the copy_from_user function.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.0, 2.6.0-test1, 2.6.0-test10, 2.6.0-test11, 2.6.0-test2, 2.6.0-test3 (+73)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19330
http://secunia.com/advisories/20671
http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
http://secunia.com/advisories/21465
http://secunia.com/advisories/22417
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1097
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ee4bb818ae35f68d1f848eae0a7b150a38eb4168
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17178

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