Vulnerability CVE-2004-1983
Published: 2004-05-02   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
The pax team -> Pax linux 
Gentoo -> Linux 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16037
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10264
http://pax.grsecurity.net/
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=108360001130312&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=108420555920369&w=2
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