Vulnerability in Netbsd

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 information on a non-existent alias of a network interface, which causes a NULL pointer dereference.

EPSS: 0.004 (31.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Netbsd — versions 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

References