Bug 247728 – CVE-2007-3513 Locally triggerable memory consumption in usblcd

Bug 247728 - (CVE-2007-3513) CVE-2007-3513 Locally triggerable memory consumption in usblcd

Summary:	CVE-2007-3513 Locally triggerable memory consumption in usblcd

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2007-3513

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	276001 276011
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Reported:	2007-07-10 23:49 EDT by Marcel Holtmann
Modified:	2011-09-28 13:07 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2011-09-28 13:07:35 EDT
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Description Marcel Holtmann 2007-07-10 23:49:12 EDT

usblcd currently has no way to limit memory consumption by fast writers. This is
a security problem, as it allows users with write access to this device to drive
the system into oom despite resource limits.

Comment 5 Kurt Seifried 2011-09-28 13:07:35 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5

Via RHSA-2007:0940 available at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html

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