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Linux Kernel Information Disclosure and Denial of Service

Secunia Advisory:

SA31366

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Release Date:

2008-08-06

Last Update:

2008-09-12

Popularity:

5,751 views

Critical:

Not critical

Impact:

Exposure of sensitive information
DoS

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Linux Kernel 2.6.x

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Solution:
Update to version 2.6.26.2.

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits:
1) Tobias Klein
2) Zoltan Sogor
3) Kel Modderman

Changelog:
2008-08-07: Updated "Solution" section.
2008-08-07: Added reporter link to the "Original Advisory" section.
2008-08-12: Added vulnerability #2 to the advisory. Updated credits and the "Original Advisory" section.
2008-09-12: Added vulnerability #3 to the advisory. Updated credits and the "Original Advisory" section and added a CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
Linux Kernel:
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.2
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel...68f7ffec3800425f2391c8c86277606860442
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel...b67c8bc72ee23b55381bd6a884f4796692f77
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel...cc23fdc78e9d32372553ccf21758a9bd56fa1

Tobias Klein:
http://trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-005.txt

Change Page:
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