Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-0532
Published: May 2, 2005 / Updated: October 18, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99784
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-0532
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 service disruption.
The reiserfs_copy_from_user_to_file_region function in reiserfs/file.c for Linux kernel 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 before 2.6.11-rc4, when running on 64-bit architectures, may allow local users to trigger a buffer overflow as a result of casting discrepancies between size_t and int data types.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-0532
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@42018227TkNpHlX6BefnItV_GqMmzQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111091402626556&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110846727602817&w=2
- http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_3.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html