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Linux Kernel 2.2 local Denial of Service

Secunia Advisory:

SA7746

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Release Date:

2002-12-18

Last Update:

2003-07-01

Popularity:

8,051 views

Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

DoS

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Conectiva Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/Linux 2.x
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
EnGarde Secure Community 1.x
Linux Kernel 2.2.x
Mandrake Linux 7.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Red Hat Linux 6.2
Red Hat Linux 7.0
Slackware Linux 8.x
SuSE Linux 7.x
Trustix Linux 1.0
Trustix Linux 1.1
Trustix Linux 1.2
Trustix Linux 1.5

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Solution:
This issue will be fixed in kernel 2.2.24; until then only third party solutions are available. Secunia recommends that you keep track of users and user activity and disable users' accounts if they try to abuse this vulnerability.

So far only release candidates are available for kernel 2.2.24:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/

Provided and/or discovered by:
RAZOR bindview

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