Unspecified vulnerability in the "alignment check exception handling" in Ubuntu 5.10, 6.06 LTS, and 6.10 for the PowerPC (PPC) allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via unspecified vectors
Published Dec 14, 2006
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.33%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the "alignment check exception handling" in Ubuntu 5.10, 6.06 LTS, and 6.10 for the PowerPC (PPC) allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
- 5.10
- 6.06_lts
- 6.10
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 did not ship for PowerPC architecture.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Apr 3, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00334) | 24.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00321) | 23.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 12.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 24.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23361 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23395 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21523 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUPatch
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5649 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5649
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5649
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23361 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23395 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21523 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUPatch | |
| http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5649 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5649 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5649 |
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