CVE-2005-4605

Description

The procfs code (proc_misc.c) in Linux 2.6.14.3 and other versions before 2.6.15 allows attackers to read sensitive kernel memory via unspecified vectors in which a signed value is added to an unsigned value.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/244-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11747

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23811

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16284

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00014.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b90db0df7187a01fb7177f1f812123138f562cf

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017

http://secunia.com/advisories/19374

http://secunia.com/advisories/19038

http://secunia.com/advisories/18788

http://secunia.com/advisories/18527

http://secunia.com/advisories/18510

http://secunia.com/advisories/18351

http://secunia.com/advisories/18216

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113535380422339&w=2

http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/gnupatch%4043b562ae6hJGLWZA4TNf2k-RzXnVlQ

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4043b562ae6hJGLWZA4TNf2k-RzXnVlQ

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3