CVE-2006-3635 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The ia64 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26 allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and system crash) via a crafted application that leverages the mishandling of invalid Register Stack Engine (RSE) state.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00068.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://ftp.naist.jp/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4dcc29e1574d88f4465ba865ed82800032f76418
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=199440
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4dcc29e1574d88f4465ba865ed82800032f76418
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3635
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3635

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00025}`	epss `{'score': 0.00102}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-08-07T03:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:39:53.257Z

Reserved: 2006-07-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-3635

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-07T03:29:00.197

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2006-3635

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-05-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-3635 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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