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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-5966
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CVE-2007-5966

Description:
Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA28105
  Secunia Advisory: SA28088
  Secunia Advisory: SA28141
  Secunia Advisory: SA28706
  Secunia Advisory: SA28806
  Secunia Advisory: SA31628

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436

CONFIRM
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.10

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/485282/100/0/threaded

BID
  26880


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