cve-2007-2878
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-05-29 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 13:57
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/35926
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/25505
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26133
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26139
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26760
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27436
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27747
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28626
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1479
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24134Exploit, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2023
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34669
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11674
Impacted products
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