SB2006032401 - Memory corruption in Linux kernel
Published: March 24, 2006
Security Bulletin ID
SB2006032401
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1368)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Buffer overflow in the USB Gadget RNDIS implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kmalloc'd memory corruption) via a remote NDIS response to OID_GEN_SUPPORTED_LIST, which causes memory to be allocated for the reply data but not the reply structure. Update to version 2.6.16.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19330
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19955
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20671
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21045
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1097
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8763716bfe4d8a16bef28c9947cf9d799b1796a5
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17831
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1046
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/