CVE-2005-4605 Information

Description

The procfs code (proc_misc.c) in Linux 2.6.14.3 and other versions before 2.6.15 allows attackers to read sensitive kernel memory via unspecified vectors in which a signed value is added to an unsigned value.

Reference

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@43b562ae6hJGLWZA4TNf2k-RzXnVlQ http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/gnupatch@43b562ae6hJGLWZA4TNf2k-RzXnVlQ http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113535380422339&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/18216 http://secunia.com/advisories/18351 http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 http://secunia.com/advisories/18527 http://secunia.com/advisories/18788 http://secunia.com/advisories/19038 http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8b90db0df7187a01fb7177f1f812123138f562cf http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00014.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16284 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23811 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11747 https://usn.ubuntu.com/244-1/