Linux Kernel Unspecified "init_timer()" Security Issue - Advisories

Linux Kernel Unspecified "init_timer()" Security Issue

Secunia Advisory:	SA23529
Release Date:	2006-12-29

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	Unknown
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Linux Kernel 2.4.x


CVE reference:	CVE-2006-5749 (Secunia mirror)

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Description: A security issue with an unknown impact has been reported in Linux Kernel. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_ppp.c as the "isdn_ppp_ccp_reset_alloc_state()" function never initialises an event timer before scheduling it with the "add_timer()" function. Solution: Update to version 2.4.34. http://kernel.org/ Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by the vendor. Original Advisory: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.34



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