Linux multiple security vulnerabilities
Published:		29.11.2007
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		8389
Type:		remote
Level:		5/10
Description:		Integer overflow on IEEE 802.11 frame, DoS with minix filesystem.

Affected:		LINUX : kernel 2.6
CVE:		CVE-2007-4997
		CVE-2006-6058 (The minix filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via a malformed minix file stream that triggers an infinite loop in the minix_bmap function. NOTE: this issue might be due to an integer overflow or signedness error.)

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MANDRIVA, [ MDKSA-2007:232 ] - Updated kernel packages fix multiple vulnerabilities and bugs (29.11.2007)

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