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kernel: multiple vulnerabilities

Package(s):linux-2.6.24 CVE #(s):CVE-2008-3526 CVE-2008-3534 CVE-2008-3535 CVE-2008-3792 CVE-2008-3915
Created:September 12, 2008 Updated:November 3, 2008
Description: From the Debian advisory:

CVE-2008-3526: Eugene Teo reported a missing bounds check in the SCTP subsystem. By exploiting an integer overflow in the SCTP_AUTH_KEY handling code, remote attackers may be able to cause a denial of service in the form of a kernel panic.

CVE-2008-3534: Kel Modderman reported an issue in the tmpfs filesystem that allows local users to crash a system by triggering a kernel BUG() assertion.

CVE-2008-3535: Alexey Dobriyan discovered an off-by-one-error in the iov_iter_advance function which can be exploited by local users to crash a system, resulting in a denial of service.

CVE-2008-3792: Vlad Yasevich reported several NULL pointer reference conditions in the SCTP subsystem that can be triggered by entering sctp-auth codepaths when the AUTH feature is inactive. This may allow attackers to cause a denial of service condition via a system panic.

CVE-2008-3915: Johann Dahm and David Richter reported and issue in the nfsd subsystem that may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a buffer overflow.

Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:223 2008-10-31
Ubuntu USN-659-1 2008-10-27
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:053 2008-10-27
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0857-02 2008-10-07
Debian DSA-1636-1 2008-09-11

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