CVE-2006-1368

Description

Buffer overflow in the USB Gadget RNDIS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kmalloc'd memory corruption) via a remote NDIS response to OID_GEN_SUPPORTED_LIST, which causes memory to be allocated for the reply data but not the reply structure.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.10% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17831 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554 vdb entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1046 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1097 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19955 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21045 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19330 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20671 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20914 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8763716bfe4d8a16bef28c9947cf9d799b1796a5

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1368?
CVE-2006-1368 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1368?
To fix CVE-2006-1368, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1368 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-1368 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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