CVE-2007-5966

The minix filesystem did not properly validate certain filesystem values If a local attacker could trick the system into attempting to mount a corrupted minix filesystem, the kernel could be made to hang for long periods of time, resulting in a denial of service This was only vulnerable in Ubuntu 704 and 710 (CVE-2006-6058) ...

Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and several bugsare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Secur ...

Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugsare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 52 Extended Update SupportThis update has been rated as having important security ...

Several local vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2006-6058 LMH reported an issue in the minix filesystem that allows local users with mount privileges to crea ...