Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24493Denial Of Service (DoS)
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnearble to denial of service. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel execve() system call implementation. A local, unprivileged user could cause large amounts of memory to be allocated but not visible to the OOM (Out of Memory) killer, triggering a denial of service.
References
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.6_Release_Notes/index.html
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.6_Technical_Notes/kernel.html
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c77f845722158206a7209c45ccddc264d19319c
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3c77f845722158206a7209c45ccddc264d19319c
grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c
linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2010-11/msg13278.html
lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/429
lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/29/206
lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/138
lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/378
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/15
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/6
secunia.com/advisories/42884
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45004
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0017
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625688
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64700
Related
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C