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kernel: several vulnerabilities

Package(s):

kernel

CVE #(s):

CVE-2006-5823 CVE-2006-6054 CVE-2007-1592

Created:

June 12, 2007

Updated:

March 21, 2011

Description:

A flaw in the cramfs file system allows invalid compressed data to cause memory corruption (CVE-2006-5823)

A flaw in the ext2 file system allows an invalid inode size to cause a denial of service (system hang) (CVE-2006-6054)

A flaw in IPV6 flow label handling allows a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2007-1592)

Alerts:

Mandriva	MDVSA-2011:051	2011-03-18
Debian	DSA-1503-2	2008-03-06
Debian	DSA-1504	2008-02-22
Debian	DSA-1503	2008-02-22
Red Hat	RHSA-2007:0673-01	2007-08-08
Red Hat	RHSA-2007:0672-01	2007-08-08
SuSE	SUSE-SA:2007:035	2007-06-14
Red Hat	RHSA-2007:0347-01	2007-05-16
SuSE	SUSE-SA:2007:043	2007-07-09
Debian	DSA-1304-1	2007-06-16
rPath	rPSA-2007-0124-1	2007-06-14
Red Hat	RHSA-2007:0436-01	2007-06-11

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