A vulnerability has been identified in Linux Kernel, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "SendReceive()" [fs/cifs/transport.c] function when processing overly long SMB responses, which could be exploited by a malicious server to crash or compromise an affected system.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Przemyslaw Wegrzyn.
ChangeLog
2007-11-14 : Initial release
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