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Debian DSA-433-1 : kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips - integer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15270

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Red Hat and SuSE kernel and security teams revealed an integer overflow in the do_brk() function of the Linux kernel allows local users to gain root privileges.

Solution

Upgrade the kernel image packages for the mips and mipsel architectures. This problem has been fixed in the upstream version 2.4.23 as well and is also fixed in 2.4.24, of course.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody4. Other architectures are already or will be fixed separately.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-433

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15270

File Name: debian_DSA-433.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0961

BID: 9138

DSA: 433