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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…
- 4.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.47%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 59% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 10 days later
· 10 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- 21934 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19615 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 21847 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10666 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 21695 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22292 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0689 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3331 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21563 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22148 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-346-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.33.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3330 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 22945 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-611 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 22093 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1184 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-4085 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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