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Medium
CVE-2006-7203
The compat_sys_mount function in fs/compat.c in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and...
Vulnerability Description
The compat_sys_mount function in fs/compat.c in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and oops) by mounting a smbfs file system in compatibility mode ("mount -t smbfs").
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_43_kernel.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26289
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff_plain%3Bh=822191a2fa1584a29c3224ab328507adcaeac1ab
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25838
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26620
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25961
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2209
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25682
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0376.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26139
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26133
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Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline
Official Publish:
May 14th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.