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Linux Kernel Bluetooth CAPI Messages Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23408
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Release Date:
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2006-12-18
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Popularity:
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10,020 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Linux Kernel 2.4.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-6106
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of incoming CAPI messages in net/bluetooth/cmtp/capi.c. This can be exploited to overwrite certain Kernel data structures.
Solution:
Update to version 2.4.33.5.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.33.5
Other References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218602
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