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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):
Created:February 25, 2010 Updated:March 3, 2010
Description: From the Pardus alert:

A vulnerability has been fixed in Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious people to crash kernel due to divide by zero in azx_position_ok. Using mp3blaster-3.2.5 (latest version) to play MP3 audio, the reporter was able to crash the kernel by stopping and restarting playback using the "5" key repeatedly. This happens as a normal user, not only as root.

Alerts:
Pardus 2010-36 2010-02-25

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