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CVE-2006-1797

The kernel in NetBSD-current before September 28, 2005 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by using the SIOCGIFALIAS ioctl to gather…

Impact

The kernel in NetBSD-current before September 28, 2005 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by using the SIOCGIFALIAS ioctl to gather information on a non-existent alias of a network interface, which causes a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
NetbsdNetbsd
Versions 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2

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