Linux Kernel Signal Handling Error on PowerPC Systems Lets Local Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018347
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1018347
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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-3107
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 10 2007
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Impact: Denial of service via local system
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Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.6.2 and later versions
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in the Linux Kernel on PowerPC systems. A local user can cause denial of service conditions.
A local user can exploit a signal handling bug to cause a floating point error and deny service on the target system.
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Impact: A local user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
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Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.kernel.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Caldera/SCO), Linux (Conectiva), Linux (Debian), Linux (EnGarde), Linux (Gentoo), Linux (HP Secure OS), Linux (Immunix), Linux (Mandriva/Mandrake), Linux (Progeny Debian), Linux (Red Hat Enterprise), Linux (Red Hat Fedora), Linux (Red Hat Linux), Linux (SGI), Linux (Slackware), Linux (Sun), Linux (SuSE), Linux (Trustix), Linux (Turbo Linux), Linux (Ubuntu), Linux (Xandros)
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:16:12 -0400
Subject: Linux kernel
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CVE-2007-3107
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