Improper access control in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-0136
Published: December 31, 2005 / Updated: October 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99913
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-2005-0136
CWE-ID: CWE-284
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 Linux kernel before 2.6.11 on the Itanium IA64 platform has certain 'ptrace corner cases' that allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted syscalls, possibly related to MCA/INIT, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1761.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-0136
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/kernel-svn-changes/2005-August/002597.html
- http://openvz.org/news/updates/kernel-022stab045.1-released
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17002
- http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/linux-ia64/0409/11073.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-420.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=148862
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=155283
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11628