{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2006-7051", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The sys_timer_create function in posix-timers.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) and possibly bypass memory limits or cause other processes to be killed by creating a large number of posix timers, which are allocated in kernel memory but are not treated as part of the process' memory." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "1657", "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB", "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1657" }, { "name": "2287", "refsource": "SREASON", "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2287" }, { "name": "linux-systimercreate-dos(25712)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25712" }, { "name": "20060404 Linux Kernel Local DoS vulnerability.", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430278/30/5790/threaded" } ] } }