NetSight
high7.5

CVE-2006-4997

The clip_mkip function in net/atm/clip.c of the ATM subsystem in Linux kernel allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors …

Impact

The clip_mkip function in net/atm/clip.c of the ATM subsystem in Linux kernel allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors that cause the ATM subsystem to access the memory of socket buffers after they are freed (freed pointer dereference).

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 2.6.18
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 5.10, 6.06, 6.10
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Versions 2.1, 3, 4

Weakness classification

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