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Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA32510
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Release Date:
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2008-11-04
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Last Update:
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2008-11-28
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Popularity:
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3,287 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 2.6.x
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and by malicious people to potentially cause a DoS.
1) A vulnerability is caused due to the "hfsplus_find_cat()" function in fs/hfsplus/catalog.c not properly checking the catalog name length. This can be exploited to crash a system by e.g. mounting a specially crafted hfsplus file system.
2) A vulnerability is caused due to the "hfsplus_block_allocate()" function in fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c not properly checking the return values of "read_mapping_page()" function before using them. This can be exploited to crash a system by e.g. mounting a specially crafted hfsplus file system.
3) An indirect recursion error within the "__scm_destroy()" function in net/core/scm.c can be exploited to crash the system via certain UNIX socket operations.
4) A boundary error within the "lbs_process_bss()" function in drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c when processing certain beacon or probe responses can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.
Successful exploitation requires that the Marvel 8xxx Libertas WLAN driver is used.
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