SB2005041404 - Memory corruption in Linux kernel
Published: April 14, 2005
Security Bulletin ID
SB2005041404
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2005-0124)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.
The coda_pioctl function in the coda functionality (pioctl.c) for Linux kernel 2.6.9 and 2.4.x before 2.4.29 may allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via negative vi.in_size or vi.out_size values, which may trigger a buffer overflow.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2004/Dec/3914.html
- http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2005/Jan/1089.html
- http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2005/Jan/2018.html
- http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2005/Jan/2020.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17002
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18684
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20163
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20202
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20338
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013018
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14967
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11690