CVE-2006-5619
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The seqfile handling (ip6fl_get_n function in ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernel 2.6 up to 2.6.18-stable allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang or oops) via unspecified manipulations that trigger an infinite loop while searching for flowlabels.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (37th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5604)
- Published
- October 31, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5604 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/5/46
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22665(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22754(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23370(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23384(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23474(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23593(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23752(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23997
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24206
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bcd620757d3a4ae78ef0ca41adb5d9e400ed92b6
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:002
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451097/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20847
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4297(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29970
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-760
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9311
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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