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Linux Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30719
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Release Date:
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2008-06-16
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Last Update:
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2009-01-14
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Popularity:
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6,823 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 local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Linux Kernel 2.6.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users and malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
1) A vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "pppol2tp_recvmsg()" function and can potentially be exploited to corrupt kernel memory via a specially crafted PPP over L2TP packet.
2) A vulnerability is caused due to an incorrect lock in the "do_setlk()" function in fs/nfs/file.c, which can be exploited to e.g. crash a vulnerable system by executing a malicious application.
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