Description (CNA)
Linux kernel 2.2.1 through 2.2.19, and 2.4.1 through 2.4.10, allows local users to cause a denial of service via a series of deeply nested symlinks, which causes the kernel to spend extra time when trying to access the link.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-035-01
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1650.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100343090106914&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100350685431610&w=2
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_036_kernel_txt.html
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-082.php3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3444
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2001:079
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7312.php
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-035-01
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1650.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100343090106914&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100350685431610&w=2
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_036_kernel_txt.html
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-082.php3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3444
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2001:079
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7312.php