Vulnerability CVE-2005-1761
Published: 2005-08-05   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Linux kernel 2.6 and 2.4 on the IA64 architecture allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via ptrace and the restore_sigcontext function.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

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
SUSE -> Suse linux 
Novell -> Open enterprise server 
Novell -> Linux desktop 

 References:
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4ea78729b8dbfc400fe165a57b90a394a7275a54
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014275
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.1
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-551.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14051
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10487
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