01 Record
CVE-2006-4623
The Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) decapsulation component in dvb-core/dvb_net.c in the dvb driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.17.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) decapsulation component in dvb-core/dvb_net.c in the dvb driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.17.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
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
- 4.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.9% 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
- 2006-09-11 17:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-09-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 580bdf6b958a999218a2ca92c9594570628bb0c6dc5b6107042e1150a1df5e96
05 Affected products
06 References
- lkml.org[lkml-patch] 20060821 dvb-core: Proper handling ULE SNDU length of 0http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/8/20/278
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2006:079http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
- secunia.com22441http://secunia.com/advisories/22441
- secunia.com22292http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0689http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
- www.securityfocus.com20061017 rPSA-2006-0194-1 kernelhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448998/100/0/threaded
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9775https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9775
- www.securityfocus.com19939http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19939
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:182http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:182
- secunia.com22382http://secunia.com/advisories/22382
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3551http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3551
- secunia.com23474http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-489-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
- www.securityfocus.com20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xenhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-721
- secunia.com22945http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
- www.debian.orgDSA-1304http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
- secunia.com25714http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
- secunia.com21820http://secunia.com/advisories/21820
- secunia.com25691http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
- secunia.com26139http://secunia.com/advisories/26139