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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-5823

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2006-5823

Description:
The zlib_inflate function in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed filesystem that uses zlib compression that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated using cramfs.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1

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

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA24098
  Secunia Advisory: SA23997
  Secunia Advisory: SA22767
  Secunia Advisory: SA24206
  Secunia Advisory: SA24259
  Secunia Advisory: SA24482
  Secunia Advisory: SA25630
  Secunia Advisory: SA25691
  Secunia Advisory: SA23474
  Secunia Advisory: SA29058

REDHAT
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0436.html

MISC
  http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-07-11-2006.html

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:047

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503

CONFIRM
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457


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