CVE-2006-4093

medium

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."

References

Advisories
More

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10666

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19615

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237

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

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm

http://secunia.com/advisories/22945

http://secunia.com/advisories/22292

http://secunia.com/advisories/22148

http://secunia.com/advisories/22093

http://secunia.com/advisories/21934

http://secunia.com/advisories/21847

http://secunia.com/advisories/21695

http://secunia.com/advisories/21563

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3331

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3330

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-08-21

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H