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>> Redhat Security Update Fixes Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability

Title : Redhat Security Update Fixes Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-0575
CVE ID : CVE-2005-0757
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-05-20


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A vulnerability was identified in Linux Kernel, which may be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw resides in the xattr file system code on 64-bit systems, which may be exploited by a user who can access an ext3 extended-attribute-enabled file to cause a denial of service.

Affected Products

Linux Kernel 2.4.x

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

Solution

Use Red Hat Network to download and update the affected package :
http://rhn.redhat.com/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0575
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-294.html

ChangeLog

2005-05-20 : Initial release

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