National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-5757

Overview

Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660 filesystem containing malformed data structures.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US Government Resource: 22746

Name: 22746

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22746

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22702

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22702

External Source: XF

Name: kernel-iso9660-dos(30029)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30029

External Source: BID

Name: 20920

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20920

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4359

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4359

External Source: MISC

Name: http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-05-11-2006.html

Hyperlink:http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-05-11-2006.html

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-416-1

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

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xen

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

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:079

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

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:012

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:002

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:002

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1304

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25714

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25714

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25691

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25691

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24206

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24206

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24098

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24098

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23997

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23997

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23752

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23752

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23593

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23593

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23474

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23474

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0014

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

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:012

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012