SB2005090902 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel
Published: September 9, 2005
Security Bulletin ID
SB2005090902
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2005-2872)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The ipt_recent kernel module (ipt_recent.c) in Linux kernel before 2.6.12, when running on 64-bit processors such as AMD64, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via certain attacks such as SSH brute force, which leads to memset calls using a length based on the u_int32_t type, acting on an array of unsigned long elements, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2873.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=322237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17073
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18059
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/chrisw/lsm-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bcfff0b471a60df350338bcd727fc9b8a6aa54b2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14791
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11394