Fedora Core 3 : kernel-2.6.11-1.14_FC3 (2005-313)

This update rebases the kernel to the latest upstream stable release, which fixes a number of security issues. Notably : - CVE-2005-0210 : dst leak - CVE-2005-0384 : ppp dos - CVE-2005-0531 : Sign handling issues. - CVE-2005-0400 : EXT2 information leak. - CVE-2005-0449 : Remote oops. -...

CVE-2005-0531

CVE-2005-0531 refers to a bug in the Linux kernel (2.6.10 and 2.6.11 before 2.6.11-rc4) where the atm_get_addr function in addr.c could be triggered by negative length arguments, allowing a local user to overwrite substantial kernel memory. The issue stems from insufficient input validation in th...

CVE-2005-0531

The atmgetaddr function in addr.c for Linux kernel 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 before 2.6.11-rc4 may allow local users to trigger a buffer overflow via negative arguments...