CVE-2006-2935 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-2935?

CVE-2006-2935 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 5 Jul 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The dvd_read_bca function in the DVD handling code in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in Linux kernel 2.2.16, and later versions, assigns the wrong value to a length variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted USB Storage device that triggers a buffer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2935?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2935?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2006-2935 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2935 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gchf-2fmf-p9hf.