SB2007041101 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel
Published: April 11, 2007 Updated: November 5, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2007041101
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote 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-2007-1357)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The atalk_sum_skb function in AppleTalk for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.21, and possibly 2.4.x, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an AppleTalk frame that is shorter than the specified length, which triggers a BUG_ON call when an attempt is made to perform a checksum.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24793
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24901
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25078
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25099
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25392
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25961
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1286
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.5
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_43_kernel.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23376
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-464-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1340
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235857
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1244