CVE-2005-3179 Information

Description

drm.c in Linux kernel 2.6.10 to 2.6.13 creates a debug file in sysfs with world-readable and world-writable permissions which allows local users to enable DRM debugging and obtain sensitive information.

Reference

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107893 http://secunia.com/advisories/17114 http://secunia.com/advisories/17280 http://www.kernel.org/hg/linux-2.6/?cmd=changeset;node=d7067d7d1f92cba14963a430cfbd53098cbbc8fd http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235 http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9549 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15154