The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git%3Ba=blob%3Bh=4b4d9cfea17618b80d3ac785b701faeaf60141f1%3Bhb=396eb2aac550ec55856c6843ef9017e800c3d656
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20703
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-331-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21934
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27807
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19033
- http://www.osvdb.org/27119
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2841
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0617.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21298
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21057
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21605
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=197610
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21614
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22174
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10265
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-346-1
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24547
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440300/100/0/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
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