SB2006082101 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel
Published: August 21, 2006
Security Bulletin ID
SB2006082101
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2006-4145)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The Universal Disk Format (UDF) filesystem driver in Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang and crash) via certain operations involving truncated files, as demonstrated via the dd command.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/6/16/6
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21515
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21711
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21934
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22382
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27227
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31229
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31685
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-365.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:182
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0665.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444887/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19562
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-346-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3308
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-611
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10796