CVE-2004-0814 Information

Description

Multiple race conditions in the terminal layer in Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.9 allow (1) local users to obtain portions of kernel data via a TIOCSETD ioctl call to a terminal interface that is being accessed by another thread or (2) remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) by switching from console to PPP line discipline then quickly sending data that is received during the switch.

Reference

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=131672 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=133110 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110306397320336&w=2 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379005 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11491 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11492 https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17816 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10728