CVE-2006-0456 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2006-0456
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Description: The strnlen_user function in Linux kernel before 2.6.16 on IBM S/390 can return an incorrect value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SAID Secunia Advisory: SA20914 Secunia Advisory: SA21465 Secunia Advisory: SA22417 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103 CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm http://www.mail-archive.com/kernel-svn-changes@lists.alioth.debian.org/msg01631.html http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.16-rc6 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=331c46591414f7f92b1cec048009abe89892ee79 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=331c46591414f7f92b1cec048009abe89892ee79 BID 18687

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