CVE-2006-1862 Information

Description

The virtual memory implementation in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by running lsof a large number of times in a way that produces a heavy system load.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/31663 http://secunia.com/advisories/20237 http://secunia.com/advisories/21745 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189031 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189260 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9390