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Status published
Medium
CVE-2006-1797
The kernel in NetBSD-current before September 28, 2005 allows local...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.1, 3.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 18th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.