CVE-2004-2607
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
5.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
A numeric casting discrepancy in sdla_xfer in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.5 and 2.4 up to 2.4.29-rc1 allows local users to read portions of kernel memory via a large len argument, which is received as an int but cast to a short, which prevents a read loop from filling a buffer.
Affected configurations
References
secunia.com/advisories/18977
secunia.com/advisories/19369
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
www.securityfocus.com/bid/16759
www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.2/0313.html
www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.2/0743.html
wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044
Related
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
5.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%