CVE-2006-2205 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can crash the NetBSD kernel by manipulating audio device sample rates via ioctl, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-2205?
CVE-2006-2205 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netbsd Netbsd, published on 5 May 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The audio_write function in NetBSD 3.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) by using the audiosetinfo ioctl to change the sample rate of an audio device.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2205?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Netbsd Netbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2205?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2205 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-2205 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2205 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netbsd Netbsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wfv9-4q78-4fr2.