11599 : Linux Kernel ELF Binary Loader Interpreter Name String Parsing Issue
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2004-11-10

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2004-1072" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The binfmt_elf loader (binfmt_elf.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.8, may create an interpreter name string that is not NULL terminated, which could cause strings longer than PATH_MAX to be used, leading to buffer overflows that allow local users to cause a denial of service (hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

Linux Kernel Organization, Inc.	Kernel	2.4.0x
		2.4.1x
		2.4.20
		2.4.21
		2.4.22
		2.4.23
		2.4.24
		2.4.25
		2.4.26
		2.4.27
		2.6.0
		2.6.1
		2.6.2
		2.6.3
		2.6.4
		2.6.5
		2.6.6
		2.6.7
		2.6.8
		2.6.9 (not affected)

References

Security Tracker: 1012165
Related OSVDB ID: 11597 11598 11600 11628
Secunia Advisory ID: 13126 13395 13457 13458 14002 15419 19607 20162 20163 20202 20338
ISS X-Force ID: 18025
CVE ID: 2004-1072 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U.asc http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-549.html
http://www.suse.de/de/security/2004_42_kernel.html
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-11/0125.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/0314.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/0317.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-03/0820.html
Other Solution URL: http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/gnupatch@41925edcVccsXZXObG444GFvEJ94GQ
Other Advisory URL: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-275.html
http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0017-binfmt_elf.txt
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022
http://www.suse.de/de/security/2004_03_sr.html
Vendor URL: http://www.kernel.org/
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2004:504 RHSA-2004:505 RHSA-2004:537

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Paul Starzetz - ihaquerisec.pl - iSEC Security Research

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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