CVE-2007-2878 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2007-2878
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Description: The VFAT compat ioctls in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21.2, when run on a 64-bit system, allow local users to corrupt a kernel_dirent struct and cause a denial of service (system crash) via unknown vectors.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/34669 UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA27747 Secunia Advisory: SA27436 Secunia Advisory: SA26133 Secunia Advisory: SA26139 Secunia Advisory: SA26760 Secunia Advisory: SA25505 Secunia Advisory: SA28626 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1479 CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.2 BID 24134

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