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Debian update for linux-2.6
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30000
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Release Date:
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2008-06-10
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Last Update:
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2008-06-11
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Popularity:
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3,423 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
Privilege escalation
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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: | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
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Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
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Description:
Debian has issued an update for linux-2.6. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA30580
1) A vulnerability is caused due to missing feature length validation within the "dccp_feat_change()" function in net/dccp/feat.c, which can be exploited to cause an overflow and execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Change Page:
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