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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-1797

CVE-2006-1797

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 products

11
  • NetBSD/NetBSD11 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: < 2005-09-28

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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