Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2006-4093
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."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 5.04, 5.10, 6.06
- Debian Linux — versions 3.1
References
- secunia.com/advisories/21934 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19615 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/21847 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10666 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/21695 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22292 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3331 (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/21563 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22148 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)