CVE-2005-0756 Information

Description

ptrace in Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 does not properly verify addresses on the amd64 platform which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash).

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/17002 http://secunia.com/advisories/17073 http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.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/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13891 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11119 https://usn.ubuntu.com/137-1/