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CVE-2006-2444

First published: Thu May 25 2006(Updated: )

The snmp_trap_decode function in the SNMP NAT helper for Linux kernel before 2.6.16.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified remote attack vectors that cause failures in snmp_trap_decode that trigger (1) frees of random memory or (2) frees of previously-freed memory (double-free) by snmp_trap_decode as well as its calling function, as demonstrated via certain test cases of the PROTOS SNMP test suite.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Linux kernel=2.6.11-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.0
Linux kernel=2.6.4-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.11
Linux kernel=2.6.16.16
Linux kernel=2.6.16.9
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.14-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.4-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.11.2
Linux kernel=2.6.5
Linux kernel=2.6.15.3
Linux kernel=2.6.11.10
Linux kernel=2.6.10-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.6
Linux kernel=2.6.16.8
Linux kernel=2.6.16-rc6
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.7-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.14.7
Linux kernel=2.6.16-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.3-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.13
Linux kernel=2.6.15-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.13.3
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.11.8
Linux kernel=2.6.11_rc1_bk6
Linux kernel=2.6.14.4
Linux kernel=2.6.14
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.10
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.14.3
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc6
Linux kernel=2.6.11.6
Linux kernel=2.6.11.11
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test5
Linux kernel=2.6.16.13
Linux kernel=2.6.3
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc7
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test2
Linux kernel=2.6.9-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.4
Linux kernel=2.6.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.15
Linux kernel=2.6_test9_cvs
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.15.6
Linux kernel=2.6.15.1
Linux kernel=2.6.11.5
Linux kernel=2.6.7-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.9-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.15-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.16.1
Linux kernel=2.6.8-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.2
Linux kernel=2.6.6-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.14.5
Linux kernel=2.6.13.2
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.1-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.8-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test11
Linux kernel=2.6.14-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.2-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.4-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.1-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.11-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.11
Linux kernel=2.6.16.14
Linux kernel=2.6.15-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.8
Linux kernel=2.6.3-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.14.1
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test1
Linux kernel=2.6.16-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.12.5
Linux kernel=2.6.15.7
Linux kernel=2.6.7-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.3
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test6
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.14.6
Linux kernel=2.6.12.1
Linux kernel=2.6.11.9
Linux kernel=2.6.10-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test4
Linux kernel=2.6.2-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.0
Linux kernel=2.6.16-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.5-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.13.4
Linux kernel=2.6.12.2
Linux kernel=2.6.11-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.14-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.6-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.9-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test10
Linux kernel=2.6.15.2
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test9
Linux kernel=2.6.10-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.0
Linux kernel=2.6.16.10
Linux kernel=2.6.12.4
Linux kernel=2.6.11.3
Linux kernel=2.6.9-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.12.3
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.16_rc7
Linux kernel=2.6.7
Linux kernel=2.6.11-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.15.4
Linux kernel=2.6.3-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.1-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.12
Linux kernel=2.6.6-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.9-2.6.20
Linux kernel=2.6.12.6
Linux kernel=2.6.11.7
Linux kernel=2.6.5-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.2
Linux kernel=2.6.15
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.15-rc6
Linux kernel=2.6.15-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.16-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.14.2
Linux kernel=2.6.14-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test7
Linux kernel=2.6.15-rc7
Linux kernel=2.6.5-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.14-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.16.7
Linux kernel=2.6.2-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc6
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.11-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.8-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.3-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux kernel=2.6.8-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.16.5
Linux kernel=2.6.11.4
Linux kernel=2.6.11.12
Linux kernel=2.6.15.5
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test8
Linux kernel=2.6.11.1
Linux kernel=2.6.16-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.11
Linux kernel=2.6.9
Linux kernel=2.6.13.1
Linux kernel=2.6.6
Linux kernel=2.6.0-test3
Linux kernel=2.6.12
Linux Kernel=2.6.0
Linux Kernel=2.6.0
Linux Kernel=2.6.0
Linux Kernel=2.6.0-test1
Linux Kernel=2.6.0-test10
Linux Kernel=2.6.0-test11
Linux Kernel=2.6.0-test2
Linux Kernel=2.6.0-test3
Linux Kernel=2.6.0-test4
Linux Kernel=2.6.0-test5
Linux Kernel=2.6.0-test6
Linux Kernel=2.6.0-test7
Linux Kernel=2.6.0-test8
Linux Kernel=2.6.0-test9
Linux Kernel=2.6.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.1-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.1-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.1-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.2-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.2-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.2-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.3-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.3-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.3-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.3-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.4-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.4-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.4-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.5-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.5-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.5-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.6-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.6-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.6-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.7-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.7-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.7-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.8-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.8-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.8-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.8-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.9
Linux Kernel=2.6.9-2.6.20
Linux Kernel=2.6.9-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.9-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.9-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.9-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.10
Linux Kernel=2.6.10-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.10-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.10-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.11
Linux Kernel=2.6.11
Linux Kernel=2.6.11-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.11-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.11-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.11-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.11-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.9
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.10
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.11
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.12
Linux Kernel=2.6.11_rc1_bk6
Linux Kernel=2.6.12
Linux Kernel=2.6.12-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.12-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.12-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.12-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.12-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.12-rc6
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.13
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc6
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc7
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.14
Linux Kernel=2.6.14-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.14-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.14-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.14-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.14-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.15
Linux Kernel=2.6.15-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.15-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.15-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.15-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.15-rc6
Linux Kernel=2.6.15-rc7
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.16
Linux Kernel=2.6.16-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.16-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.16-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.16-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.16-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.16-rc6
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.9
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.10
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.11
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.12
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.13
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.14
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.15
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.16
Linux Kernel=2.6.16_rc7
Linux Kernel=2.6_test9_cvs

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2006-2444?

    CVE-2006-2444 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability that can lead to system crashes.

  • How do I fix CVE-2006-2444?

    To fix CVE-2006-2444, you should upgrade your Linux kernel to version 2.6.16.18 or later.

  • Who is affected by CVE-2006-2444?

    CVE-2006-2444 affects versions of the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.16.18.

  • What type of attack is associated with CVE-2006-2444?

    CVE-2006-2444 can be exploited by remote attackers using unspecified methods to trigger failures in the SNMP trap decoding.

  • What systems are vulnerable to CVE-2006-2444?

    Any system running a Linux kernel version earlier than 2.6.16.18 is vulnerable to CVE-2006-2444.

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