security flaw
Published May 18, 2006
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.41%
Description
choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by causing certain circumstances involving termination of a parent process.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.6.11.1
- 2.6.11.2
- 2.6.11.3
- 2.6.11.4
- 2.6.11.5
- 2.6.11.6
- 2.6.11.7
- 2.6.11.8
- 2.6.11.9
- 2.6.11.10
- 2.6.11.11
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kernel-0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0493
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0493 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00412) | 33.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 32.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00066) | 17.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00121) | 48.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 11, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00137) | 48.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 14, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 28.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (17)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20237 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20716 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21179 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21745 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22093 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18099 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1855 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=127302 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618064 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1855
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11235 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1855
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.