CVE-2006-1589 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The elf_load_file function in NetBSD 2.0 through 3.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via an ELF interpreter that does not have a PT_LOAD section in its header, which triggers a null dereference.

Published: 2006-04-03

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-1590	The elf_load_file function in NetBSD 2.0 through 3.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via an ELF interpreter that does not have a PT_LOAD section in its header, which triggers a null dereference.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-008.txt.asc
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015848
http://www.osvdb.org/24576
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25690

History

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Subscriptions

Netbsd Netbsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-04-03T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:19:48.374Z

Reserved: 2006-04-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-1589

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-04-03T10:04:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-1589

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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