CVE-2006-4535
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…
- 4.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.45%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 61% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
20
- MDKSA-2007:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.mail-archive.com/kernel-svn-changes%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg02314.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-1183 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 22292 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0689 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204460 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 22082 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21945 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20087 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:182 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- kernel-sctp-dos(29011) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 22382 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21967 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-347-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1016992 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10530 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 22945 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22093 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1184 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-4523 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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