CVE-2006-2444

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2006-05-20
Bugzilla:
1618103: CVE-2006-2444 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The snmp_trap_decode function in the SNMP NAT helper for Linux kernel before 2.6.16.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified remote attack vectors that cause failures in snmp_trap_decode that trigger (1) frees of random memory or (2) frees of previously-freed memory (double-free) by snmp_trap_decode as well as its calling function, as demonstrated via certain test cases of the PROTOS SNMP test suite.

Find out more about CVE-2006-2444 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2006:0580 2006-07-13
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (kernel) RHSA-2006:0617 2006-08-22
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (kernel) RHSA-2006:0437 2006-07-20

Last Modified

CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation

Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.