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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2006-4572 CVE-2006-4997
Created:November 6, 2006 Updated:January 17, 2007
Description: Some vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux 2.6 kernel:

There are possibly exploitable bugs in the netfilter for IPv6 code. (CVE-2006-4572)

The ATM subsystem of the Linux kernel could allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (panic) via unknown vectors that cause the ATM subsystem to access the memory of socket buffers after they are freed. (CVE-2006-4997)

Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0013-01 2007-01-17
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0012-01 2007-01-17
Debian DSA-1237-1 2006-12-17
rPath rPSA-2006-0204-1 2006-11-09
Mandriva MDKSA-2006:197 2006-11-03

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