Linux kernel usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c denial of service

linux-ftdi-sio-dos (27807) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

Linux kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper handling of queued data by the ftdi_sio (USB FTDI SIO) driver. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the consumption of all available memory resources by writing an excessive amount of data to the serial port.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 1.7
  Access Vector: Local
  Access Complexity: High
  Authentication: Required
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: Complete
 
Temporal Score: 1.3
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Linux kernel (2.6.16.27 or later), available from The Linux Kernel Archives Web site. See References.

For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0617-15 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-1184-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For SUSE Linux (kernel):
Refer to SUSE-SA:2007:018 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For SUSE Linux (kernel):
Refer to SUSE-SA:2007:021 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For SUSE Linux (kernel):
Refer to SUSE-SA:2007:030 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For SUSE Linux (kernel):
Refer to SUSE-SA:2007:035 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

References:

  • The Linux Kernel Archives: ChangeLog-2.6.16.27.
  • The Linux Kernel Archives Web site: The Linux Kernel Archives.
  • ASA-2006-203: kernel security update (RHSA-2006-0617)
  • BID-19033: Linux Kernel USB Driver Data Queue Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
  • CVE-2006-2936: 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.
  • DSA-1184: kernel-source-2.6.8 -- several vulnerabilities
  • MDKSA-2006:150: Updated kernel packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
  • MDKSA-2006:151: Updated kernel packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
  • OSVDB ID: 27119: Linux Kernel ftdi_sio Serial Port Data Saturation Local DoS
  • RHSA-2006-0617: kernel security update
  • SA20703: Linux Kernel Information Disclosure and Denial of Service
  • SA22174: Avaya Products Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SUSE-SA:2007:018: Linux kernel security update
  • SUSE-SA:2007:021: Linux kernel security problems
  • SUSE-SA:2007:030: Linux kernel security update
  • SUSE-SA:2007:035: Linux kernel security update
  • USN-331-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
  • USN-346-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
  • USN-346-2: Fixed linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 for previous Linux kernel update
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-2841: Linux Kernel USB FTDI SIO Driver Data Queue Handling Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

  • Canonical Ubuntu 5.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 5.10
  • Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
  • Debian Debian Linux 3.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test9
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test9-cvs
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test8
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test7
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test11
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test10
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.1 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.1 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.10 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.10 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.10
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.10 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11 rc4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11 rc5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.11
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.12
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.7
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.8
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12.6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc7
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc7
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.10
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.11
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.12
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.13
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.14
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.15
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.16
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.17
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.18
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.19
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.20
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.21
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.22
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.7
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.8
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.2 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.2 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.2 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.3 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.3 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.3 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.4 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.4 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.4 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.5 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.5 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.5 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.6 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.6 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.6 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.7 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.7 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.7 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.7
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.8
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.9
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.9 rc4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.9 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.9 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.9 rc1
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0
  • Novell Linux Desktop 9
  • Novell Linux POS 9
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server
  • Novell OpenSUSE 10.2
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
  • SuSE SuSE CORE 9
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 10.0
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 10.1
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 9.3
  • SuSE SuSE SLE 10 DEBUGINFO
  • SuSE SuSE SLED 10
  • SuSE SuSE SLES 10
  • SuSE SuSE SLES 9

Reported:

Jul 17, 2006

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