CVE-2006-2936

Description

The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.17, and possibly later versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.02% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git%3Ba=blob%3Bh=4b4d9cfea17618b80d3ac785b701faeaf60141f1%3Bhb=396eb2aac550ec55856c6843ef9017e800c3d656
http://secunia.com/advisories/20703 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-331-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21934 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27807 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19033 vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/27119 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2841 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0617.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21298 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21057 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21605 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=197610
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150 vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25226 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21614 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25683 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22174 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10265 vdb entry signature
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-346-1 vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24547 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22093 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440300/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2936?
CVE-2006-2936 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2936?
To fix CVE-2006-2936, 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-2006-2936 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2936 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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