Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2006:059)

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : sysctl.c in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.14.1 allows local users to cause a Denial of Service kernel oops and possibly execute code by opening an interface file in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/, waiting until the...