FKIE_CVE-2006-1589

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-04-03 10:04 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:23
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-008.txt.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015848Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/24576
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25690
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-008.txt.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1015848Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/24576
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25690
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
netbsd netbsd 2.0
netbsd netbsd 2.0.1
netbsd netbsd 2.0.2
netbsd netbsd 2.0.3
netbsd netbsd 2.1
netbsd netbsd 3.0
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