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AMD ATI Radeon ATIKMDAG.SYS Kernel Driver Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA24667
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Release Date:
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2007-03-30
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Last Update:
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2007-08-20
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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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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Microsoft Windows Vista
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| | Software: | ATI Radeon ATIKMDAG.SYS Kernel Driver
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2007-1763 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A weakness has been reported in AMD ATI Radeon Kernel Driver, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The weakness is caused due to an unspecified error within the ATI Radeon Kernel Driver (atikmdag.sys) in certain system configurations. This can be exploited to crash the system by e.g. enabling the slideshow feature on certain directories, or loading or quitting certain games.
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Solution:
Reportedly fixed in the latest driver versions.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally reported in a forum by slrranma.
Additional research done by Micha Majchrowicz and Olo.
Changelog:
2007-04-02: Added CVE reference.
2007-08-20: Updated advisory and "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://leovilletownsquare.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?fid/27/tid/17600/
VulnWatch:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0077.html
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