VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-1797

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-04-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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