CVE-2004-1983

medium

Description

The arch_get_unmapped_area function in mmap.c in the PaX patches for Linux kernel 2.6, when Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16037

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml

http://pax.grsecurity.net/

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108420555920369&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108360001130312&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-05-02

Updated: 2017-07-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium