CVE-2005-1263 Information

Description

The elf_core_dump function in binfmt_elf.c for Linux kernel 2.x.x to 2.2.27-rc2 2.4.x to 2.4.31-pre1 and 2.6.x to 2.6.12-rc4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an ELF binary that in certain conditions involving the create_elf_tables function causes a negative length argument to pass a signed integer comparison leading to a buffer overflow.

Reference

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U http://secunia.com/advisories/19185 http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0023-coredump.txt http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-472.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-529.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-551.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/397966 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13589 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0524 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10909 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A1122