CVE-2004-1333 Information

Description

Integer overflow in the vc_resize function in the Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a short new screen value which leads to a buffer overflow.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_2.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11956 http://www.securitytrap.com/mail/full-disclosure/2004/Dec/0323.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18523 https://usn.ubuntu.com/47-1/