Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-4623
CVE-2006-4623
Description
The Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) decapsulation component in dvb-core/dvb_net.c in the dvb driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.17.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SNDU length of 0 in a ULE packet.
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References
22- lkml.org/lkml/2006/8/20/278nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/21820nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19939nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/22292nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22382nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22441nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22945nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23474nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25691nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25714nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26139nvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htmnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448998/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3551nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-721nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9775nvd
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