CVE-2006-2936

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 10 Jul 2006, 19:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 18:06

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
33/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
10.18% MEDIUM
10% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 Jul 2006, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 18:06
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 10.18%• Percentile: 93%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    2.6.0 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.1:rc1 | 2.6.1:rc2 | 2.6.1:rc3 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.2:rc1 | 2.6.2:rc2 | 2.6.2:rc3 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.3:rc1 | 2.6.3:rc2 | 2.6.3:rc3 | 2.6.3:rc4 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.4:rc1 | 2.6.4:rc2 | 2.6.4:rc3 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.5:rc1 | 2.6.5:rc2 | 2.6.5:rc3 | 2.6.6 | 2.6.6:rc1 | 2.6.6:rc2 | 2.6.6:rc3 | 2.6.7 | 2.6.7:rc1 | 2.6.7:rc2 | 2.6.7:rc3 | 2.6.8 | 2.6.8:rc1 | 2.6.8:rc2 | 2.6.8:rc3 | 2.6.8:rc4 | 2.6.8.1 | 2.6.9 | 2.6.9:rc1 | 2.6.9:rc2 | 2.6.9:rc3 | 2.6.9:rc4 | 2.6.10 | 2.6.10:rc1 | 2.6.10:rc2 | 2.6.10:rc3 | 2.6.11 | 2.6.11:rc1 | 2.6.11:rc2 | 2.6.11:rc3 | 2.6.11:rc4 | 2.6.11:rc5 | 2.6.11.1 | 2.6.11.2 | 2.6.11.3 | 2.6.11.4 | 2.6.11.5 | 2.6.11.6 | 2.6.11.7 | 2.6.11.8 | 2.6.11.9 | 2.6.11.10 | 2.6.11.11 | 2.6.11.12 | 2.6.12 | 2.6.12:rc1 | 2.6.12:rc2 | 2.6.12:rc3 | 2.6.12:rc4 | 2.6.12:rc5 | 2.6.12:rc6 | 2.6.12.1 | 2.6.12.2 | 2.6.12.3 | 2.6.12.4 | 2.6.12.5 | 2.6.12.6 | 2.6.13 | 2.6.13:rc1 | 2.6.13:rc2 | 2.6.13:rc3 | 2.6.13:rc4 | 2.6.13:rc5 | 2.6.13:rc6 | 2.6.13:rc7 | 2.6.13.1 | 2.6.13.2 | 2.6.13.3 | 2.6.13.4 | 2.6.13.5 | 2.6.14 | 2.6.14:rc1 | 2.6.14:rc2 | 2.6.14:rc3 | 2.6.14:rc4 | 2.6.14:rc5 | 2.6.14.1 | 2.6.14.2 | 2.6.14.3 | 2.6.14.4 | 2.6.14.5 | 2.6.14.6 | 2.6.14.7 | 2.6.15 | 2.6.15:rc1 | 2.6.15:rc2 | 2.6.15:rc3 | 2.6.15:rc4 | 2.6.15:rc5 | 2.6.15:rc6 | 2.6.15:rc7 | 2.6.15.1 | 2.6.15.2 | 2.6.15.3 | 2.6.15.4 | 2.6.15.5 | 2.6.15.6 | 2.6.15.7 | 2.6.16 | 2.6.16:rc1 | 2.6.16:rc2 | 2.6.16:rc3 | 2.6.16:rc4 | 2.6.16:rc5 | 2.6.16:rc6 | 2.6.16.1 | 2.6.16.2 | 2.6.16.3 | 2.6.16.4 | 2.6.16.5 | 2.6.16.6 | 2.6.16.7 | 2.6.16.8 | 2.6.16.9 | 2.6.16.10 | 2.6.16.11 | 2.6.16.12 | 2.6.16.13 | 2.6.16.14 | 2.6.16.15 | 2.6.16.16 | 2.6.16.17 | 2.6.16.18 | 2.6.16.19 | 2.6.16.20 | 2.6.16.21 | 2.6.16.22 | 2.6.16.23 | 2.6.16.24 | 2.6.16.25 | 2.6.16.26 | 2.6.16.27 | 2.6.16.28 | 2.6.16.29 | 2.6.16.30 | 2.6.16.31 | 2.6.17 | 2.6.17:rc1 | 2.6.17:rc2 | 2.6.17:rc3 | 2.6.17:rc4 | 2.6.17:rc5 | 2.6.17:rc6

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