33020 : Linux Kernel listxattr System Call Unspecified Memory Corruption
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-01-03

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2006-5753" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Unspecified vulnerability in the listxattr system call in Linux kernel, when a "bad inode" is present, allows local users to cause a denial of service (data corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Classification

Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2006-5753 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 22316
Secunia Advisory ID: 23955 23997 23997 24098 24100 24100 24206 24303 24400 24429 24482 24547 25226 25683 25691 25714 28995 29058 31783
SCIP VulDB ID: 2891
Other Advisory URL: http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2739
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.2
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00067.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-06/msg00004.html
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-June/000200.html
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-March/000157.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0005.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0004.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0003.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:040
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2007-February/000483.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:040
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/patch-2.4.37.log
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/3/150
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2007:0014

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-01-31 | Disagree?

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