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Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA36278
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Release Date:
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2009-08-14
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Last Update:
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2009-08-20
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Popularity:
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2,465 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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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| 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 to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people to cause a DoS.
1) A vulnerability is caused due to the incorrect initialisation of the proto_ops structure for certain protocols (e.g. PF_APPLETALK, PF_IPX, PF_IRDA, PF_X25, PF_AX25 families, PF_BLUETOOTH, PF_IUCV, PF_INET6 (with IPPROTO_SCTP), PF_PPPOX, and PF_ISDN), which can be exploited to cause a NULL pointer dereference when triggering the "sock_sendpage()" function for an incorrectly initialised socket.
2) A NULL pointer dereference exists within the "cmp_ies()" function in net/wireless/scan.c. This can be exploited to crash a vulnerable system by tricking it into scanning and processing specially crafted SSID IEs.
3) A NULL pointer dereference exists within the "load_flat_shared_library()" function in fs/binfmt_flat.c, which can be exploited to cause a crash and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
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