Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200407-02 (Kernel)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200407-02. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

CVE-2004-1983

CVE-2004-1983 involves the arch_get_unmapped_area function in mmap.c within the PaX patches for the Linux kernel 2.6. When ASLR is enabled, it allows local users to trigger a Denial of Service via an infinite loop. Connected sources (Gentoo GLSA 200407-02 and related advisories) confirm the issue...

CVE-2004-1983

The archgetunmappedarea function in mmap.c in the PaX patches for Linux kernel 2.6, when Address Space Layout Randomization ASLR is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service infinite loop via unknown attack vectors...