Linux kernel ext2 filesystem denial of service

kernel-ext2-filesystem-dos (30201) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

Linux kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by improper handling of corrupted data structures in the ext2 filesystem. A local attacker could create a malicious ext2 filesystem to cause the system to crash once a read operation on an fs stream is performed.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 3.5
  Access Vector: Local
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: Complete
 
Temporal Score: 2.7
  Exploitability: Proof-Of-Concept
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

For Red Hat Linux (kernel):
Refer to RHSA-2007:0014 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-416-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

References:

  • MOKB-12-11-2006: Linux 2.6.x ext2_check_page denial of service.
  • The Linux Kernel Archives Web site: The Linux Kernel Archives.
  • ASA-2007-063: kernel security update (RHSA-2007-0014)
  • ASA-2007-372: Updated kernel packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 9 (RHSA-2007-0436)
  • ASA-2007-404: kernel security update (RHSA-2007-0672)
  • ASA-2007-406: kernel security update (RHSA-2007-0673)
  • CVE-2006-6054: The ext2 file system code in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ext2 stream with malformed data structures that triggers an error in the ext2_check_page due to a length that is smaller than the minimum.
  • DSA-1503: kernel-source-2.4.27 -- several vulnerabilities
  • DSA-1504: kernel-source-2.6.8 -- several vulnerabilities
  • RHSA-2007-0014: Important: kernel security update
  • RHSA-2007-0436: Important: Updated kernel packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 9
  • RHSA-2007-0672: Important: kernel security update
  • RHSA-2007-0673: Important: kernel security update
  • SA22837: Fedora Core Ext2 File System Denial of Service Vulnerability
  • SA24206: Avaya Products Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA27528: Avaya Products Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA28995: Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SUSE-SA:2006:079: Linux kernel security problems
  • USN-416-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
  • USN-416-2: nvidia-glx-config regression
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-4487: Linux Kernel ext2_lookup() Data Stream Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

  • Avaya Communication Manager 2.0
  • Avaya Communication Manager 2.0.1
  • Avaya Communication Manager 2.1
  • Avaya Communication Manager 3.0
  • Avaya Communication Manager 3.1
  • Avaya Converged Communications Server 2.0
  • Avaya Converged Communications Server 2.0.1
  • Avaya Converged Communications Server 2.1
  • Avaya Converged Communications Server 3.0
  • Avaya Converged Communications Server 3.1
  • Avaya Expanded Meet-Me Conferencing 1.017
  • Canonical Ubuntu 5.10
  • Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
  • Canonical Ubuntu 6.10
  • Debian Debian Linux 3.1
  • FedoraProject Fedora Core 6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.10
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.10
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.11
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.12
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.7
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.8
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.9
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.12.6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.13.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14.6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.14.7
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15.6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.15.7
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.10
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.11
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.12
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.13
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.14
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.15
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.16
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.17
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.18
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.19
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.20
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.21
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.22
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.23
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.24
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.25
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.26
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.27
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.28
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.29
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.30
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.31
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.32
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.33
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.7
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.8
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.10
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.11
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.12
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.13
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.14
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.7
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.8
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.17.9
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.18
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.18.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.18.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.18.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.7
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.8
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.9
  • Novell Linux Desktop 9
  • Novell Linux POS 9
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
  • RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
  • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
  • SuSE SuSE SLED 10
  • SuSE SuSE SLES 10
  • SuSE SuSE SLES 9

Reported:

Nov 12, 2006

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