Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-1055
Published: April 5, 2006 / Updated: October 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95588
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:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1055
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit 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.
The fill_write_buffer function in sysfs/file.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 up to versions before 2.6.17-rc1 does not 0 terminate a buffer when a length of PAGE_SIZE or more is requested, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing an out-of-bounds read.
How to mitigate CVE-2006-1055
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://lwn.net/Alerts/180820/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19735
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19955
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6e0dd741a89be35defa05bd79f4211c5a2762825
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=6e0dd741a89be35defa05bd79f4211c5a2762825;hp=597a7679dd83691be2f3a53e1f3f915b4a7f6eba
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/24443
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17402
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0020
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1273
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1475
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25693
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/