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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-4538

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2006-4538

Description:
Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier, when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed ELF file that triggers memory maps that cross region boundaries.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-347-1

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA24482
  Secunia Advisory: SA24206
  Secunia Advisory: SA21967
  Secunia Advisory: SA23370
  Secunia Advisory: SA23395
  Secunia Advisory: SA23997
  Secunia Advisory: SA21999
  Secunia Advisory: SA23474
  Secunia Advisory: SA27913

REDHAT
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060

DEBIAN
  http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237
  http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233

CONFIRM
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.11
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
  http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git;a=commit;h=8833ebaa3f4325820fe3338ccf6fae04f6669254
  http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/4/116

BID
  19702


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