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Fedora Core minix File System Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23034
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Release Date:
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2006-11-20
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Last Update:
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2006-11-24
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| OS: | Fedora Core 6
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-6058 (Secunia mirror)
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
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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 improper handling of corrupted data structures in the minix file system. This can be exploited to crash a system by mounting a specially crafted image.
The vulnerability is reported in Fedora Core 6. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Allow only trusted users to mount images and do not mount untrusted images.
Provided and/or discovered by:
LMH
Changelog:
2006-11-24: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-17-11-2006.html
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