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CVE-2006-1797

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2006-04-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The kernel in NetBSD-current before September 28, 2005 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by using the SIOCGIFALIAS ioctl to gather information on a non-existent alias of a network interface, which causes a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected Platforms

Netbsd Netbsd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References