01 Record
CVE-2006-0039
Race condition in the do_add_counters function in netfilter for Linux kernel 2.6.16 allows local users with CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities to read kernel memory by triggering the race condition in a way
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Race condition in the do_add_counters function in netfilter for Linux kernel 2.6.16 allows local users with CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities to read kernel memory by triggering the race condition in a way
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 21.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-05-19 22:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-12-20
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 77477f242c4b1588da5b3a4114aa74435a37d1a643d7e1c0d98f794dab8f5014
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-2554http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2722971cbe831117686039d5c334f2c0f560be13
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-1893http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1893
- secunia.com21476http://secunia.com/advisories/21476
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlinux-doaddcounters-race-condition(26583)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26583
- secunia.com22292http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0689http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10309https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10309
- www.debian.orgDSA-1097http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1097
- secunia.com20185http://secunia.com/advisories/20185
- kernel.orghttp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.17
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-311-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-311-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-1103http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
- www.osvdb.org25697http://www.osvdb.org/25697
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=191698
- secunia.com22945http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
- secunia.com20991http://secunia.com/advisories/20991
- secunia.com20671http://secunia.com/advisories/20671
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133465
- www.securityfocus.com18113http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18113
- secunia.com20914http://secunia.com/advisories/20914