CVE - CVE-2005-0003

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-0003	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The 64 bit ELF support in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.10, on 64-bit architectures, does not properly check for overlapping VMA (virtual memory address) allocations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF or a.out file.
References
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BID:12261 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12261 CONFIRM:http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@41c36fb6q1Z68WUzKQFjJR-40Ev3tw DEBIAN:DSA-1067 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 DEBIAN:DSA-1069 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 DEBIAN:DSA-1070 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 DEBIAN:DSA-1082 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2005:022 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022 MISC:http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@41a6721cce-LoPqkzKXudYby_3TUmg OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9512 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9512 REDHAT:RHSA-2005:017 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-017.html REDHAT:RHSA-2005:043 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-043.html SECTRACK:1012885 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1012885 SECUNIA:20163 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 SECUNIA:20202 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 SECUNIA:20338 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 SUSE:SUSE-SA:2005:018 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html TRUSTIX:2005-0001 URL:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0001/ XF:linux-vma-gain-privileges(18886) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18886
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20050103	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20050103)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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