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Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA23073
Release Date: 2006-11-30
Last Update: 2009-08-24
Popularity: 11,283 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Linux Kernel 2.6.x

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), disclose potentially sensitive information, or to potentially gain escalated privileges.

1) An integer overflow error exists within the "get_fdb_entries()" function in net/bridge/br_ioctl.c. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via specially crafted ioctl() requests.

Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code with escalated privileges.

2) An error while copying memory from userspace on AMD64 platforms can be exploited to disclose potentially sensitive information.

3) An error in the "generic_file_splice_write()" function can be exploited to potentially gain escalated user or group privileges.

4) An error within the "udp_sendmsg()" function in net/ipv4/udp.c and the "udpv6_sendmsg()" function in net/ipv6/udp.c can be exploited to e.g. cause a crash.

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