CVE-2006-5823

Description

The zlib_inflate function in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed filesystem that uses zlib compression that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated using cramfs.

References

http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-07-11-2006.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0436.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/22767

http://secunia.com/advisories/23474

http://secunia.com/advisories/23997

http://secunia.com/advisories/24098

http://secunia.com/advisories/24206

http://secunia.com/advisories/24259

http://secunia.com/advisories/24482

http://secunia.com/advisories/25630

http://secunia.com/advisories/25691

http://secunia.com/advisories/29058

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:047

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10588

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0