From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Mar 30 2007 - 04:17:06 CDT

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TITLE:
Windows Vista ATI Radeon Kernel Mode Driver Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24667

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24667/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows Vista
http://secunia.com/product/13223/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in Windows Vista, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The weakness is caused due to an unspecified error within the ATI
Radeon Kernel Mode Driver (atikmdag.sys) in certain system
configurations. This can be exploited to crash the system by e.g.
enabling the slideshow feature on certain directories, or loading or
quitting certain games.

SOLUTION:
Do not use the slideshow feature.

Use a different driver.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Originally reported in a forum by slrranma.
Additional research done by Micha Majchrowicz and Olo.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://leovilletownsquare.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?fid/27/tid/17600/

VulnWatch:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0077.html

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