CVE-2005-2709 Information

Description

The sysctl functionality (sysctl.c) in Linux kernel before 2.6.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) and possibly execute code by opening an interface file in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/ waiting until the interface is unregistered then obtaining and modifying function pointers in memory that was used for the ctl_table.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/17504 http://secunia.com/advisories/17541 http://secunia.com/advisories/17648 http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 http://secunia.com/advisories/18562 http://secunia.com/advisories/18684 http://secunia.com/advisories/19369 http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015434 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.14.1 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059 http://www.osvdb.org/20676 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/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/15365 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2359 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23040 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10746 https://usn.ubuntu.com/219-1/