CVE-2005-1768
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
11/07/2005
Last modified:
03/04/2025
Description
Race condition in the ia32 compatibility code for the execve system call in Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.31 and 2.6 before 2.6.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a concurrent thread that increments a pointer count after the nargs function has counted the pointers, but before the count is copied from user space to kernel space, which leads to a buffer overflow.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
3.70
Severity 2.0
LOW
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test12:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test6:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test7:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test8:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test9:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112110120216116&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15980
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17002
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18059
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19185
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014442=
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-551.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14205
- http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv4.pdf
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11117
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112110120216116&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15980
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17002
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18059
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19185
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014442=
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-551.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14205
- http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv4.pdf
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11117