CVE-2005-0757 Information

Description

The xattr file system code as backported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 on 64-bit systems does not properly handle certain offsets which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain actions on an ext3 file system with extended attributes enabled.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-294.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13680 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11406