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HistoryNov 03, 2006 - 12:00 a.m.

[SA22655] Fedora Core squashfs Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

2006-11-0300:00:00
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TITLE:
Fedora Core squashfs Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22655

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22655/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora Core 5
http://secunia.com/product/8808/

DESCRIPTION:
MLH has reported a vulnerability in Fedora Core, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the implementation
of the squashfs filesystem. This can be exploited to cause a DoS by
mounting a specially crafted squashfs image and performing a read
operation on the mounted filesystem.

The vulnerability is reported in Fedora Core 5. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Allow only trusted people to mount squashfs images.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
MLH

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-02-11-2006.html


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