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Status published
Medium
CVE-2006-6654
The sendmsg function in NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and...
Vulnerability Description
The sendmsg function in NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 before 20061024, and NetBSD 2.x before 20061029, when run on a 64-bit architecture, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via an invalid msg_controllen parameter to the sendit function.
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
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.0.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 20th, 2006
Last Modified:
September 17th, 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.