CVE-2006-2936

CVE Details

Release Date:	2006-07-10
Impact:	Low	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2006-0617	2006-11-30
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-42.0.3.0.2.EL)	ELSA-2006-0617	2006-11-30
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-42.0.3.0.2.EL)	ELSA-2006-0617	2006-11-30