CVE-2006-6106

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.4.22, 2.4.23, 2.4.24, 2.4.25, 2.4.26, 2.4.27 (+239)

References

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.33.5
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=116614741607528&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=116648929829440&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23408
http://secunia.com/advisories/23427
http://secunia.com/advisories/23593
http://secunia.com/advisories/23609
http://secunia.com/advisories/23752
http://secunia.com/advisories/23997
http://secunia.com/advisories/24098
http://secunia.com/advisories/24105

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