CVE-2006-2936
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · CWE-399
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20703Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21057Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21298Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21605Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21614Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21934Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22093Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22174Advisory