wan/sdla.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.11 and 2.4.x before 2.4.29 does not require the CAP_SYS_RAWIO privilege for an SDLA firmware upgrade, with unknown impact and local attack vectors. NOTE: further investigation suggests that this issue requires root privileges to exploit, since it is protected by CAP_NET_ADMIN; thus it might not be a vulnerability, although capabilities provide finer distinctions between privilege levels.

Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2004-1017     Multiple overflows exist in the io_edgeport driver which     might be usable as a denial of service attack vector.

  - CVE-2005-0124     Bryan Fulton reported a bounds checking bug in the     coda_pioctl function which may allow local users to     execute arbitrary code or trigger a denial of service     attack.

  - CVE-2005-0449     An error in the skb_checksum_help() function from the     netfilter framework has been discovered that allows the     bypass of packet filter rules or a denial of service     attack.

  - CVE-2005-2457     Tim Yamin discovered that insufficient input validation     in the zisofs driver for compressed ISO file systems     allows a denial of service attack through maliciously     crafted ISO images.

  - CVE-2005-2490     A buffer overflow in the sendmsg() function allows local     users to execute arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2005-2555     Herbert Xu discovered that the setsockopt() function was     not restricted to users/processes with the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability. This allows attackers to manipulate IPSEC     policies or initiate a denial of service attack. 

  - CVE-2005-2709     Al Viro discovered a race condition in the /proc     handling of network devices. A (local) attacker could     exploit the stale reference after interface shutdown to     cause a denial of service or possibly execute code in     kernel mode.

  - CVE-2005-2800     Jan Blunck discovered that repeated failed reads of     /proc/scsi/sg/devices leak memory, which allows a denial     of service attack.

  - CVE-2005-2973     Tetsuo Handa discovered that the udp_v6_get_port()     function from the IPv6 code can be forced into an     endless loop, which allows a denial of service attack.

  - CVE-2005-3044     Vasiliy Averin discovered that the reference counters     from sockfd_put() and fput() can be forced into     overlapping, which allows a denial of service attack     through a NULL pointer dereference.

  - CVE-2005-3053     Eric Dumazet discovered that the set_mempolicy() system     call accepts a negative value for its first argument,     which triggers a BUG() assert. This allows a denial of     service attack.

  - CVE-2005-3055     Harald Welte discovered that if a process issues a USB     Request Block (URB) to a device and terminates before     the URB completes, a stale pointer would be     dereferenced. This could be used to trigger a denial of     service attack.

  - CVE-2005-3180     Pavel Roskin discovered that the driver for Orinoco     wireless cards clears its buffers insufficiently. This     could leak sensitive information into user space.

  - CVE-2005-3181     Robert Derr discovered that the audit subsystem uses an     incorrect function to free memory, which allows a denial     of service attack.

  - CVE-2005-3257     Rudolf Polzer discovered that the kernel improperly     restricts access to the KDSKBSENT ioctl, which can     possibly lead to privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2005-3356     Doug Chapman discovered that the mq_open syscall can be     tricked into decrementing an internal counter twice,     which allows a denial of service attack through a kernel     panic.

  - CVE-2005-3358     Doug Chapman discovered that passing a zero bitmask to     the set_mempolicy() system call leads to a kernel panic,     which allows a denial of service attack.

  - CVE-2005-3783     The ptrace code using CLONE_THREAD didn't use the thread     group ID to determine whether the caller is attaching to     itself, which allows a denial of service attack.

  - CVE-2005-3784     The auto-reaping of child processes functionality     included ptraced-attached processes, which allows denial     of service through dangling references.

  - CVE-2005-3806     Yen Zheng discovered that the IPv6 flow label code     modified an incorrect variable, which could lead to     memory corruption and denial of service.

  - CVE-2005-3847     It was discovered that a threaded real-time process,     which is currently dumping core can be forced into a     dead-lock situation by sending it a SIGKILL signal,     which allows a denial of service attack. 

  - CVE-2005-3848     Ollie Wild discovered a memory leak in the     icmp_push_reply() function, which allows denial of     service through memory consumption.

  - CVE-2005-3857     Chris Wright discovered that excessive allocation of     broken file lock leases in the VFS layer can exhaust     memory and fill up the system logging, which allows     denial of service.

  - CVE-2005-3858     Patrick McHardy discovered a memory leak in the     ip6_input_finish() function from the IPv6 code, which     allows denial of service.

  - CVE-2005-4605     Karl Janmar discovered that a signedness error in the     procfs code can be exploited to read kernel memory,     which may disclose sensitive information.

  - CVE-2005-4618     Yi Ying discovered that sysctl does not properly enforce     the size of a buffer, which allows a denial of service     attack.

  - CVE-2006-0095     Stefan Rompf discovered that dm_crypt does not clear an     internal struct before freeing it, which might disclose     sensitive information.

  - CVE-2006-0096     It was discovered that the SDLA driver's capability     checks were too lax for firmware upgrades.

  - CVE-2006-0482     Ludovic Courtes discovered that get_compat_timespec()     performs insufficient input sanitizing, which allows a     local denial of service attack.

  - CVE-2006-1066     It was discovered that ptrace() on the ia64 architecture     allows a local denial of service attack, when preemption     is enabled.

Doug Chapman discovered a flaw in the reference counting in the sys_mq_open() function. By calling this function in a special way, a local attacker could exploit this to cause a kernel crash.
(CVE-2005-3356)

Karl Janmar discovered that the /proc file system module used signed data types in a wrong way. A local attacker could exploit this to read random kernel memory, which could possibly contain sensitive data like passwords or private keys. (CVE-2005-4605)

Yi Yang discovered an off-by-one buffer overflow in the sysctl() system call. By calling sysctl with a specially crafted long string, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel or possibly even execute arbitrary code with full kernel privileges. (CVE-2005-4618)

Perceval Anichini found a buffer overflow in the TwinHan DST Frontend/Card DVB driver. A local user could exploit this to crash the kernel or possibly execute arbitrary code with full kernel privileges.
This only affects Ubuntu 5.10. (CVE-2005-4639)

Stefan Rompf discovered that the dm-crypt module did not clear memory structures before releasing the memory allocation of it. This could lead to the disclosure of encryption keys. (CVE-2006-0095)

The SDLA WAN driver did not restrict firmware upgrades to processes that have the CAP_SYS_RAWIO kernel capability, it just required the CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. This could allow processes with the latter privilege to update the SDLA firmware. Please note that this does not affect a standard Ubuntu installation, and this cannot be exploited by a normal (unprivileged) user. At most, this flaw might be relevant for installations that use a fine-grained capability granting system like RSBAC, cap_over, or grsecurity. This only affects Ubuntu 4.10.
(CVE-2006-0096).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
22559	Debian DSA-1017-1 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
20791	Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : linux-source-2.6.8.1/-2.6.10/-2.6.12 vulnerabilities (USN-244-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2006-0096

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Tenable Plugins

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