Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-3808
Published: November 25, 2005 / Updated: August 7, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95467
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-3808
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Integer overflow in the invalidate_inode_pages2_range function in mm/truncate.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11 to 2.6.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via 64-bit mmap calls that are not properly handled on a 32-bit system.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-3808
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
- http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2005/Nov/7839.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18788
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19038
- http://www.kernel.org/hg/linux-2.6/?cs=6d5ffbb49406
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9852
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15846
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/