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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-2878

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2007-2878

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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