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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-4571
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2007-4571

Description:
The snd_mem_proc_read function in sound/core/memalloc.c in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.8 does not return the correct write size, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents) via a small count argument, as demonstrated by multiple reads of /proc/driver/snd-page-alloc.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36780

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html

ST
  1018734

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA27747
  Secunia Advisory: SA27227
  Secunia Advisory: SA27436
  Secunia Advisory: SA27101
  Secunia Advisory: SA26980
  Secunia Advisory: SA26989
  Secunia Advisory: SA26918
  Secunia Advisory: SA27824
  Secunia Advisory: SA28626
  Secunia Advisory: SA29054
  Secunia Advisory: SA30769

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9053

IDEFENSE
  http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=600

FEDORA

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1505
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1479

CONFIRM
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.8
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ccec6e2c4a74adf76ed4e2478091a311b1806212

BID
  25807


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