Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

10 Linux Kernel CVEs in March 2006

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In March 2006, 10 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 2 were rated High severity and 2 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. March's 10 CVEs represent 12% of all 2006 Linux kernel CVEs , up from February's 1 (a 900% month-over-month increase) .

10
Total CVEs
0
Critical
2
High
2
Medium
6
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — March 2006 10 CVEs
All (10) Critical (0) High (2) Medium (2) Low (6)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2006-1368 linux High 10.0 2006-03-23 Buffer overflow in the USB Gadget RNDIS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cau…
CVE-2006-0457 linux High 7.1 2006-03-14 Race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users t…
CVE-2006-0557 linux Medium 4.9 2006-03-12 sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making cer…
CVE-2006-0742 linux Medium 4.6 2006-03-09 The die_if_kernel function in arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.15.6, possibly when compile…
CVE-2006-1343 linux Low 2.1 2006-03-21 net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c in Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6, and possibly net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3prot…
CVE-2006-1342 linux Low 2.1 2006-03-21 net/ipv4/af_inet.c in Linux kernel 2.4 does not clear sockaddr_in.sin_zero before returning IPv4 socket names from the …
CVE-2006-0555 linux Low 2.1 2006-03-07 The Linux Kernel before 2.6.15.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NFS client panic) via unknown attack …
CVE-2006-0554 linux Low 1.7 2006-03-07 Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted XFS ftruncate call, w…
CVE-2006-1066 linux Low 1.2 2006-03-27 Linux kernel 2.6.16-rc2 and earlier, when running on x86_64 systems with preemption enabled, allows local users to caus…
CVE-2006-0741 linux Low 1.2 2006-03-07 Linux kernel before 2.6.15.5, when running on Intel processors, allows local users to cause a denial of service ("endle…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in March 2006?

10 Linux kernel CVEs were published in March 2006, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 2 High, and 2 Medium.

How does March 2006 compare to other months?

March 2006's 10 CVEs represent 12% of all 2006 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to February's 1 CVEs, this was a 900% increase month-over-month. View the full 2006 breakdown →

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