|
AMD ATI Radeon ATIKMDAG.SYS Kernel Driver Denial of Service
|
|
Secunia Advisory:
|
SA24667
|
|
|
Release Date:
|
2007-03-30
|
|
Last Update:
|
2007-08-20
|
|
Popularity:
|
16,945 views
|
|
|
Critical:
|
Not critical
|
|
Impact:
|
DoS
|
|
Where:
|
From local network
|
|
Solution Status:
|
Vendor Patch
|
|
| OS: | Microsoft Windows Vista
|
|
| Software: | ATI Radeon ATIKMDAG.SYS Kernel Driver
|
|
|
Subscribe:
|
Instant alerts on relevant vulnerabilities 
|
|
| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-1763
|
|
Description:
A weakness has been reported in AMD ATI Radeon Kernel Driver, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The weakness is caused due to an unspecified error within the ATI Radeon Kernel Driver (atikmdag.sys) in certain system configurations. This can be exploited to crash the system by e.g. enabling the slideshow feature on certain directories, or loading or quitting certain games.
Solution:
Reportedly fixed in the latest driver versions.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally reported in a forum by slrranma.
Additional research done by Micha Majchrowicz and Olo.
Changelog:
2007-04-02: Added CVE reference.
2007-08-20: Updated advisory and "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://leovilletownsquare.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?fid/27/tid/17600/
VulnWatch:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0077.html
|
|
|
Track this Secunia Advisory
|
Customers of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions will automatically receive updates when new information regarding this advisory is released.
Read more about our Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and what they can do for you and your company.
|
|
|
About this Secunia Advisory
|
Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.
Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
|
