Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24904Denial Of Service (DoS)
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s HFS file system implementation. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service by mounting a disk that contains a specially-crafted HFS file system with a corrupted MDB extent record.
References
secunia.com/advisories/47754
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/16
www.securityfocus.com/bid/48236
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1324-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1328-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1344-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1479
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2203
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712774
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715555
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.7_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-1479
lkml.org/lkml/2011/6/8/154
Related
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P