CVE-2006-6275

Published: Dec 4, 2006Modified: Apr 23, 2026

4.7

Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

Race condition in the kernel in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, possibly related to the exitlwps function and SIGKILL and /proc PCAGENT signals.

Affected (6)

Products: Sun: Solaris, Sunos

Sun

2 products

Solaris

Sunos

Configuration A

6 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Sun Solaris	Version 10.0
Sun Solaris	Version 10.0
Sun Solaris	Version 8.0
Sun Solaris	Version 9.0
Sun Solaris	Version 9.0
Sun Sunos	Version 5.8

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (14)

http://secunia.com/advisories/23187

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017321

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102574-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21372

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4792

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30637

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1626

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23187