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Fedora Security Update Fixes Bochs Floppy Disk Controller DoS Vulnerability

Title : Fedora Security Update Fixes Bochs Floppy Disk Controller DoS Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2960
CVE ID : CVE-2007-2894
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-08-27

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Fedora, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/2960
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-August/msg00362.html

ChangeLog

2007-08-27 : Initial release

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