Integer underflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2001-1394
Published: April 17, 2001 / Updated: December 8, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99989
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-2001-1394
CWE-ID: CWE-191
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.
Signedness error in (1) getsockopt and (2) setsockopt for Linux kernel before 2.2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2001-1394
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98575345009963&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98637996127004&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98653252326445&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98684172109474&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98759029811377&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98775114228203&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99013830726309&w=2
- http://www.linux.org.uk/VERSION/relnotes.2219.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-047.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-047