CVE-2006-4535

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 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: 2006-09-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The Linux kernel 2.6.17.10 and 2.6.17.11 and 2.6.18-rc5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SCTP socket with a certain SO_LINGER value, possibly related to the patch for CVE-2006-3745. NOTE: older kernel versions for specific Linux distributions are also affected, due to backporting of the CVE-2006-3745 patch.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.17.10, 2.6.17.11, 2.6.18-rc5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21945
http://secunia.com/advisories/21967
http://secunia.com/advisories/22082
http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
http://secunia.com/advisories/22382
http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016992
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1183
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
http://www.mail-archive.com/kernel-svn-changes%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg02314.html

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