CVE-2007-0822 Information

Description

umount when running with the Linux 2.6.15 kernel on Slackware Linux 10.2 allows local users to trigger a NULL dereference and application crash by invoking the program with a pathname for a USB pen drive that was mounted and then physically removed which might allow the users to obtain sensitive information including core file contents.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0012.html http://gotfault.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/umount-bug/ http://osvdb.org/33652 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:053 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22850 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017729