CVE-2006-5649

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the "alignment check exception handling" in Ubuntu 5.10, 6.06 LTS, and 6.10 for the PowerPC (PPC) allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Ubuntu Linux: 5.10, 6.06_lts, 6.10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/23361
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370
http://secunia.com/advisories/23384
http://secunia.com/advisories/23395
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21523
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237
http://secunia.com/advisories/23361
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370

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