CVE-2006-4538

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier, when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed ELF file that triggers memory maps that cross region boundaries.

References

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.11

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/21967

http://secunia.com/advisories/21999

http://secunia.com/advisories/23370

http://secunia.com/advisories/23395

http://secunia.com/advisories/23474

http://secunia.com/advisories/23997

http://secunia.com/advisories/24206

http://secunia.com/advisories/24482

http://secunia.com/advisories/27913

http://secunia.com/advisories/33280

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10301

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git;a=commit;h=8833ebaa3f4325820fe3338ccf6fae04f6669254

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-347-1

http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233

http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3670

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2