CVE-2006-4093
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.9
4.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Linux kernel 2.x.6 before 2.6.17.9 and 2.4.x before 2.4.33.1 on PowerPC PPC970 systems allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) related to the "HID0 attention enable on PPC970 at boot time."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.33.1Advisory
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.9Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21563Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21695Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21847Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21934Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22093Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22148Advisory