THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-3468
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-3468

Linux Kernel vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
15.7%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Linux kernel 2.6.x, when using both NFS and EXT3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file system panic) via a crafted UDP packet with a V2 lookup procedure that specifies a bad file handle (inode number), which triggers an error and causes an exported directory to be remounted read-only.
Affected vendor
Linux
Affected product
Linux Kernel
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published
2006-07-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 15.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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