# CVE-2006-6654: The sendmsg function in NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 before 20061024, and NetBSD 2.x before 20061029, when run on a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-12-20 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The sendmsg function in NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 before 20061024, and NetBSD 2.x before 20061029, when run on a 64-bit architecture, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via an invalid msg_controllen parameter to the sendit function.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017293
- ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-026.txt.asc

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