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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-6106 Detail

Current Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the cmtp_recv_interopmsg function in the Bluetooth driver (net/bluetooth/cmtp/capi.c) in the Linux kernel 2.4.22 up to 2.4.33.4 and 2.6.2 before 2.6.18.6, and 2.6.19.x, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via CAPI messages with a large value for the length of the (1) manu (manufacturer) or (2) serial (serial number) field.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218602 This issue does not affect the version of the Linux kernel shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.33.5 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=116614741607528&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=116648929829440&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23408 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23427 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23593 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23609 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23752 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24098 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24105 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24547 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25226 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25683 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25714 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:002 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459615/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21604 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0002/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5037 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218602 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30912 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-848 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10891 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-6106
NVD Published Date:
12/19/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.