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Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA14713
Release Date: 2005-03-29
Last Update: 2005-04-14
Popularity: 20,601 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Linux Kernel 2.4.x
Linux Kernel 2.6.x

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Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited to disclose information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), gain escalated privileges, or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

1) Some unspecified errors have been reported in the ISO9660 filesystem handler including Rock Ridge and Juliet extensions. These can be exploited via a specially crafted filesystem to cause a DoS or potentially corrupt memory leading to execution of arbitrary code.

2) A signedness error in the "bluez_sock_create()" function when creating bluetooth sockets can potentially be exploited to gain root privileges on a vulnerable system.

3) An information leak exists in the "ext2_make_empty()" function in the implementation of the ext2 filesystem when creating new directories. This can be exploited to disclose kernel memory.

4) An error in load_elf_library can be exploited to cause a DoS.

5) An error in the "fib_seq_start()" function can be exploited by malicious, local users to crash the system via /proc/net/route.

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