SB2006112203 - Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel
Published: November 22, 2006
Security Bulletin ID
SB2006112203
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 exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2006-6060)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The NTFS filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed NTFS file stream that triggers an infinite loop in the __find_get_block_slow function.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-19-11-2006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30418