CVE-2005-4776 Information

Description

Integer overflow in the FreeBSD compatibility code (freebsd_misc.c) in NetBSD-current NetBSD-3 NetBSD-2.0 and NetBSD-2 before 20050913; and NetBSD-1.6 before 20050914; allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption or system crash) and possibly gain root privileges.

Reference

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2005-008.txt.asc http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/13/0024.html http://www.osvdb.org/20757