Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-4093 - Local Denial of Service vulnerability in Linux Kernel PPC970 Systems
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Linux kernel 2.x.6 before 2.6.17.9 and 2.4.x before 2.4.33.1 on PowerPC PPC970 systems allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) related to the "HID0 attention enable on PPC970 at boot time." Upgrade to Linux Kernel version 2.4.33.1
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-346-1.NASL description A Denial of service vulnerability was reported in iptables last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 27925 published 2007-11-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2006-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27925 title Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.10/-2.6.12/-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-346-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_KERNEL-2096.NASL description This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - A double userspace copy in a SCTP ioctl allows local attackers to overflow a buffer in the kernel, potentially allowing code execution and privilege escalation. [#199441]. (CVE-2006-3745) - Local attackers were able to crash PowerPC systems with PPC970 processor using a not correctly disabled privileged instruction ( last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 59121 published 2012-05-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59121 title SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (x86_64) (ZYPP Patch Number 2096) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1237.NASL description Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2005-4093 Olof Johansson reported a local DoS (Denial of Service) vulnerability on the PPC970 platform. Unprivileged users can hang the system by executing the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 23911 published 2006-12-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/23911 title Debian DSA-1237-1 : kernel-source-2.4.27 - several vulnerabilities NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_KERNEL-2097.NASL description This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - A double userspace copy in a SCTP ioctl allows local attackers to overflow a buffer in the kernel, potentially allowing code execution and privilege escalation. [#199441]. (CVE-2006-3745) - Local attackers were able to crash PowerPC systems with PPC970 processor using a not correctly disabled privileged instruction ( last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 29485 published 2007-12-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29485 title SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (i386) (ZYPP Patch Number 2097) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1184.NASL description This advisory covers the S/390 components of the recent security update for the Linux 2.6.8 kernel that were missing due to technical problems. For reference, please see the text of the original advisory. Several security related problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel which may lead to a denial of service or even the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2004-2660 Toshihiro Iwamoto discovered a memory leak in the handling of direct I/O writes that allows local users to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2005-4798 A buffer overflow in NFS readlink handling allows a malicious remote server to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-1052 Stephen Smalley discovered a bug in the SELinux ptrace handling that allows local users with ptrace permissions to change the tracer SID to the SID of another process. - CVE-2006-1343 Pavel Kankovsky discovered an information leak in the getsockopt system call which can be exploited by a local program to leak potentially sensitive memory to userspace. - CVE-2006-1528 Douglas Gilbert reported a bug in the sg driver that allows local users to cause a denial of service by performing direct I/O transfers from the sg driver to memory mapped I/O space. - CVE-2006-1855 Mattia Belletti noticed that certain debugging code left in the process management code could be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-1856 Kostik Belousov discovered a missing LSM file_permission check in the readv and writev functions which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. - CVE-2006-2444 Patrick McHardy discovered a bug in the SNMP NAT helper that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-2446 A race condition in the socket buffer handling allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-2935 Diego Calleja Garcia discovered a buffer overflow in the DVD handling code that could be exploited by a specially crafted DVD USB storage device to execute arbitrary code. - CVE-2006-2936 A bug in the serial USB driver has been discovered that could be exploited by a custom made USB serial adapter to consume arbitrary amounts of memory. - CVE-2006-3468 James McKenzie discovered a denial of service vulnerability in the NFS driver. When exporting an ext3 file system over NFS, a remote attacker could exploit this to trigger a file system panic by sending a specially crafted UDP packet. - CVE-2006-3745 Wei Wang discovered a bug in the SCTP implementation that allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly gain root privileges. - CVE-2006-4093 Olof Johansson discovered that the kernel does not disable the HID0 bit on PowerPC 970 processors which could be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-4145 A bug in the Universal Disk Format (UDF) filesystem driver could be exploited by a local user to cause a denial of service. - CVE-2006-4535 David Miller reported a problem with the fix for CVE-2006-3745 that allows local users to crash the system via an SCTP socket with a certain SO_LINGER value. The following matrix explains which kernel version for which architecture fixes the problem mentioned above : stable (sarge) Source 2.6.8-16sarge5 Alpha architecture 2.6.8-16sarge5 AMD64 architecture 2.6.8-16sarge5 HP Precision architecture 2.6.8-6sarge5 Intel IA-32 architecture 2.6.8-16sarge5 Intel IA-64 architecture 2.6.8-14sarge5 Motorola 680x0 architecture 2.6.8-4sarge5 PowerPC architecture 2.6.8-12sarge5 IBM S/390 2.6.8-5sarge5 Sun Sparc architecture 2.6.8-15sarge5 FAI 1.9.1sarge4 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 22726 published 2006-10-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22726 title Debian DSA-1184-2 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2006-0617.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix security issues are now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : From Red Hat Security Advisory 2006-0617 : * a flaw in the proc file system that allowed a local user to use a suid-wrapper for scripts to gain root privileges (CVE-2006-3626, Important) * a flaw in the SCTP implementation that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) or to possibly gain root privileges (CVE-2006-3745, Important) * a flaw in NFS exported ext2/ext3 partitions when handling invalid inodes that allowed a remote authenticated user to cause a denial of service (filesystem panic) (CVE-2006-3468, Important) * a flaw in the restore_all code path of the 4/4GB split support of non-hugemem kernels that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) (CVE-2006-2932, Important) * a flaw in IPv4 netfilter handling for the unlikely use of SNMP NAT processing that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service (crash) or potential memory corruption (CVE-2006-2444, Moderate) * a flaw in the DVD handling of the CDROM driver that could be used together with a custom built USB device to gain root privileges (CVE-2006-2935, Moderate) * a flaw in the handling of O_DIRECT writes that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) (CVE-2004-2660, Low) * a flaw in the SCTP chunk length handling that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2006-1858, Low) * a flaw in the input handling of the ftdi_sio driver that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) (CVE-2006-2936, Low) In addition a bugfix was added to enable a clean reboot for the IBM Pizzaro machines. Red Hat would like to thank Wei Wang of McAfee Avert Labs and Kirill Korotaev for reporting issues fixed in this erratum. From Red Hat Security Advisory ELSA-2006-0689 : * a flaw in the SCTP support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) with a specific SO_LINGER value. (CVE-2006-4535, Important) * a flaw in the hugepage table support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2005-4811, Important) * a flaw in the mprotect system call that allowed setting write permission for a read-only attachment of shared memory. (CVE-2006-2071, Moderate) * a flaw in HID0[31] (en_attn) register handling on PowerPC 970 systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (crash) (CVE-2006-4093, Moderate) * a flaw in the perfmon support of Itanium systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service by consuming all file descriptors. (CVE-2006-3741, Moderate) * a flaw in the ATM subsystem. On systems with installed ATM hardware and configured ATM support, a remote user could cause a denial of service (panic) by accessing socket buffers memory after freeing them. (CVE-2006-4997, Moderate) * a flaw in the DVB subsystem. On systems with installed DVB hardware and configured DVB support, a remote user could cause a denial of service (panic) by sending a ULE SNDU packet with length of 0. (CVE-2006-4623, Low) * an information leak in the network subsystem that possibly allowed a local user to read sensitive data from kernel memory. (CVE-2006-0039, Low) In addition, two bugfixes for the IPW-2200 wireless driver were included. The first one ensures that wireless management applications correctly identify IPW-2200 controlled devices, while the second fix ensures that DHCP requests using the IPW-2200 operate correctly. Red Hat would like to thank Olof Johansson, Stephane Eranian and Solar Designer for reporting issues fixed in this erratum. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67401 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67401 title Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2006-0617 / ELSA-2006-0689) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_KERNEL-2099.NASL description This kernel update fixes the following security problems : - CVE-2006-3745: A double userspace copy in a SCTP ioctl allows local attackers to overflow a buffer in the kernel, potentially allowing code execution and privilege escalation. [#199441] - CVE-2006-4093: Local attackers were able to crash PowerPC systems with PPC970 processor using a not correctly disabled privileged instruction ( last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 27290 published 2007-10-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/27290 title openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-2099) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2006-0689.NASL description 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 handles the basic functions of the operating system. These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : * a flaw in the SCTP support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) with a specific SO_LINGER value. (CVE-2006-4535, Important) * a flaw in the hugepage table support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2005-4811, Important) * a flaw in the mprotect system call that allowed setting write permission for a read-only attachment of shared memory. (CVE-2006-2071, Moderate) * a flaw in HID0[31] (en_attn) register handling on PowerPC 970 systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (crash) (CVE-2006-4093, Moderate) * a flaw in the perfmon support of Itanium systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service by consuming all file descriptors. (CVE-2006-3741, Moderate) * a flaw in the ATM subsystem. On systems with installed ATM hardware and configured ATM support, a remote user could cause a denial of service (panic) by accessing socket buffers memory after freeing them. (CVE-2006-4997, Moderate) * a flaw in the DVB subsystem. On systems with installed DVB hardware and configured DVB support, a remote user could cause a denial of service (panic) by sending a ULE SNDU packet with length of 0. (CVE-2006-4623, Low) * an information leak in the network subsystem that possibly allowed a local user to read sensitive data from kernel memory. (CVE-2006-0039, Low) In addition, two bugfixes for the IPW-2200 wireless driver were included. The first one ensures that wireless management applications correctly identify IPW-2200 controlled devices, while the second fix ensures that DHCP requests using the IPW-2200 operate correctly. Red Hat would like to thank Olof Johansson, Stephane Eranian and Solar Designer for reporting issues fixed in this erratum. All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures and configurations as listed in this erratum. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 22513 published 2006-10-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22513 title CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2006:0689) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SA_2006_057.NASL description The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2006:057 (kernel). Various security problems were found and fixed in the Linux kernel. We have released updates for following distributions: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (on September 21st) - SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 (on September 26th) - SUSE Linux 9.2 up to 10.1 (on September 14th) The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 kernel for the S/390 platform is still pending due to platform specific issues found in QA and waiting for further analysis. Following security issues have been addressed: - CVE-2006-3745: A double user space copy in a SCTP ioctl allows local attackers to overflow a buffer in the kernel, potentially allowing code execution and privilege escalation. - CVE-2006-4093: Local attackers were able to crash PowerPC systems with PPC970 processor using a not correctly disabled privileged instruction ( last seen 2019-10-28 modified 2007-02-18 plugin id 24435 published 2007-02-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24435 title SUSE-SA:2006:057: kernel NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2006-0689.NASL description 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 handles the basic functions of the operating system. These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below : * a flaw in the SCTP support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) with a specific SO_LINGER value. (CVE-2006-4535, Important) * a flaw in the hugepage table support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2005-4811, Important) * a flaw in the mprotect system call that allowed setting write permission for a read-only attachment of shared memory. (CVE-2006-2071, Moderate) * a flaw in HID0[31] (en_attn) register handling on PowerPC 970 systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (crash) (CVE-2006-4093, Moderate) * a flaw in the perfmon support of Itanium systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service by consuming all file descriptors. (CVE-2006-3741, Moderate) * a flaw in the ATM subsystem. On systems with installed ATM hardware and configured ATM support, a remote user could cause a denial of service (panic) by accessing socket buffers memory after freeing them. (CVE-2006-4997, Moderate) * a flaw in the DVB subsystem. On systems with installed DVB hardware and configured DVB support, a remote user could cause a denial of service (panic) by sending a ULE SNDU packet with length of 0. (CVE-2006-4623, Low) * an information leak in the network subsystem that possibly allowed a local user to read sensitive data from kernel memory. (CVE-2006-0039, Low) In addition, two bugfixes for the IPW-2200 wireless driver were included. The first one ensures that wireless management applications correctly identify IPW-2200 controlled devices, while the second fix ensures that DHCP requests using the IPW-2200 operate correctly. Red Hat would like to thank Olof Johansson, Stephane Eranian and Solar Designer for reporting issues fixed in this erratum. All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures and configurations as listed in this erratum. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 22523 published 2006-10-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22523 title RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2006:0689)
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| description | Linux kernel 2.x.6 before 2.6.17.9 and 2.4.x before 2.4.33.1 on PowerPC PPC970 systems allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) related to the "HID0 attention enable on PPC970 at boot time." | ||||||||||||
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| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10666 | ||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||
| submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||||||
| title | Linux kernel 2.x.6 before 2.6.17.9 and 2.4.x before 2.4.33.1 on PowerPC PPC970 systems allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) related to the "HID0 attention enable on PPC970 at boot time." | ||||||||||||
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References
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.33.1
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.9
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21563
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21847
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21934
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22148
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_21_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_57_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19615
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-346-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3330
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3331
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-611
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10666