National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2935

Overview

The dvd_read_bca function in the DVD handling code in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in Linux kernel 2.2.16, and later versions, assigns the wrong value to a length variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted USB Storage device that triggers a buffer overflow.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=197670

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=197670

External Source: XF

Name: linux-dvdreadbca-bo(27579)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/27579

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-2680

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2680

External Source: BID

Name: 18847

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18847

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10886

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10886

External Source: MISC

Name: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2966

Hyperlink:http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2966

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-611

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-611

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-346-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-346-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-331-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-331-1

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060831 rPSA-2006-0162-1 kernel

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/444887/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0013

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0013.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0012

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0012.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0710

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0617

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0617.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:064

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_64_kernel.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:049

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_49_kernel.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:047

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:042

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:151

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:150

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1184

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1183

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1183

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-078.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-078.htm

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24288

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24288

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23788

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23788

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23064

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23064

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22822

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22822

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22497

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22497

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22174

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22174

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22093

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22093

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22082

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22082

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21934

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21934

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21695

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21695

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21614

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21614

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21605

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21605

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21498

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21498

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21298

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21298

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21179

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21179

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10886

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10886