CVE-2007-1357 Information

Description

The atalk_sum_skb function in AppleTalk for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.21 and possibly 2.4.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an AppleTalk frame that is shorter than the specified length which triggers a BUG_ON call when an attempt is made to perform a checksum.

Reference

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0001.html http://secunia.com/advisories/24793 http://secunia.com/advisories/24901 http://secunia.com/advisories/25078 http://secunia.com/advisories/25099 http://secunia.com/advisories/25226 http://secunia.com/advisories/25392 http://secunia.com/advisories/25683 http://secunia.com/advisories/25691 http://secunia.com/advisories/25714 http://secunia.com/advisories/25961 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1286 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.5 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_43_kernel.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23376 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-464-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1340 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235857 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1244