Re: [OT] [USN-894-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

I know of one here in Singapore :)


On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:41:29 +0800, Soh Kam Yung <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
[http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/02/04/usn-894-1-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities/]
> 
> What caught my eye about this report was the following section:
> 
> =====
> Neil Horman and Eugene Teo discovered that the e1000 and e1000e
> network drivers did not correctly check the size of Ethernet frames.
> An attacker on the local network could send specially crafted traffic
> to bypass packet filters, crash the system, or possibly gain root
> privileges. (CVE-2009-4536, CVE-2009-4538)
> =====
> 
> How many Eugene Teos do we know that are kernel hackers?...};-)

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