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Fedora Core minix File System Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA23034
Release Date: 2006-11-20
Last Update: 2006-11-24
Popularity: 9,313 views

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

OS:Fedora Core 6

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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.

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