SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 2605)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - The ftdisio driver allowed 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. This requires this driver to be loaded, whi...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-331-1)

A Denial of service vulnerability was reported in iptables' SCTP conntrack module. On computers which use this iptables module, a remote attacker could exploit this to trigger a kernel crash. CVE-2006-2934 A buffer overflow has been discovered in the dvdreadbca function. By inserting a specially...

Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.10/-2.6.12/-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-346-1)

A Denial of service vulnerability was reported in iptables' SCTP conntrack module. On computers which use this iptables module, a remote attacker could exploit this to trigger a kernel crash. CVE-2006-2934 A buffer overflow has been discovered in the dvdreadbca function. By inserting a specially...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2006:151)

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : Prior to and including 2.6.16-rc2, when running on x8664 systems with preemption enabled, local users can cause a DoS oops via multiple ptrace tasks that perform single steps CVE-2006-1066. Prior to 2.6.16, a...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2006:0617 Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel...

security flaw

The ftdisio driver usb/serial/ftdisio.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...

USN-331-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A Denial of service vulnerability was reported in iptables' SCTP conntrack module. On computers which use this iptables module, a remote attacker could expoit this to trigger a kernel crash. CVE-2006-2934 A buffer overflow has been discovered in the dvdreadbca function. By inserting a specially...

CVE-2006-2936

The ftdisio driver usb/serial/ftdisio.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...

Hardcoded credentials

The ftdisio driver usb/serial/ftdisio.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...

CVE-2006-2936

CVE-2006-2936 affects the ftdi_sio USB/serial driver in Linux kernels 2.6.x (up to at least 2.6.17). The issue lets local users trigger memory consumption DoS by writing more data to a serial port than the hardware can handle, causing queued data and potential resource exhaustion. Public referenc...

EUVD-2006-2933

The ftdisio driver usb/serial/ftdisio.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...