Upstream information
Description
The Universal Disk Format (UDF) filesystem driver in Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang and crash) via certain operations involving truncated files, as demonstrated via the dd command.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database | 
|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.9 | 
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C | 
| Access Vector | Local | 
| Access Complexity | Low | 
| Authentication | None | 
| Confidentiality Impact | None | 
| Integrity Impact | None | 
| Availability Impact | Complete | 
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2006:079, published Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SA:2007:053, published Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0000
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 05:09:10 2013CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:47 2025
