Vulnerability CVE-2005-0736
Published: 2005-03-09   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Integer overflow in sys_epoll_wait in eventpoll.c for Linux kernel 2.6 to 2.6.11 allows local users to overwrite kernel memory via a large number of events.

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

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
Partial
None
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Fedora core 
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Conectiva -> Linux 

 References:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-March/032314.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12763
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9870
https://usn.ubuntu.com/95-1/
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