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CVE-2007-2878

CVE Details

Release Date:2007-05-29
Impact:Important What is this?

Description


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.

See more information about CVE-2007-2878 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 4.9
Vector String: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)ELSA-2007-09392007-11-02
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL)ELSA-2007-09392007-11-02
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-55.0.12.0.1.EL)ELSA-2007-09392007-11-02
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2007-07052007-09-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-8.1.10.0.1.el5)ELSA-2007-07052007-09-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-8.1.10.0.1.el5)ELSA-2007-07052007-09-14


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