| CVE-2006-0457 | Date: (C)2006-03-13 (M)2023-12-22 |
Race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies the data into kernel memory.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 7.1 |
| Exploit Score: 4.9 |
| Impact Score: 9.2 |
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| CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Access Vector: NETWORK |
| Access Complexity: HIGH |
| Authentication: NONE |
| Confidentiality: COMPLETE |
| Integrity: NONE |
| Availability: COMPLETE |
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