Buffer overflow in the CA-driver (dst_ca.c) for TwinHan DST Frontend/Card...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in the CA-driver (dst_ca.c) for TwinHan DST Frontend/Card in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and other versions before 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by "reading more than 8 bytes into an 8 byte long array".
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References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43323
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0035
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18216
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16142
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/244-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18527
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