National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-2878
Original release date:05/29/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The VFAT compat ioctls in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21.2, when run on a 64-bit system, allow local users to corrupt a kernel_dirent struct and cause a denial of service (system crash) via unknown vectors.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
- Official Statement from Red Hat (10/18/2007)
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This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3.
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External Source: BID
Name: 24134
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.2
External Source: XF
Name: kernel-vfatioctls-dos(34669)
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-510-1
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-489-1
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-486-1
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0939
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0705
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-2023
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1479
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28626
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27747
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27436
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26760
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26139
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26133
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25505