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Fedora Core ReiserFS sync Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA23093
Release Date: 2006-11-27
Last Update: 2006-11-28
Popularity: 5,876 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

OS:Fedora Core 6

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-6128


Description:
LMH has reported a vulnerability in Fedora Core, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a memory corruption error when syncing malformed ReiserFS file systems. This can be exploited to crash a system by mounting a specially crafted ReiserFS image.

The vulnerability is reported in Fedora Core 6. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Allow only trusted users to mount images.

Provided and/or discovered by:
LMH

Changelog:
2006-11-28: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-25-11-2006.html


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