SuSE Linux 9/1.0/8/9.0 memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SuSE Linux 9/1.0/8/9.0 (Operating System). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in ptrace in the Linux Kernel for 64-bit architectures allows local users to write bytes into kernel memory.

The bug was discovered 06/09/2005. The weakness was published 06/09/2005 with SuSE (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at novell.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1763 since 05/31/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21943 (CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2005:514)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117811 (CentOS Security Update for Kernel (CESA-2005:514)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22094) and Tenable (21943). Similar entries are available at 1288, 1289, 1290 and 1560.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 21943
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2005:514)
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OpenVAS ID: 56014
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 922-1 (kernel-source-2.4.27)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: suse.com

Advisory: novell.com
Organization: SuSE
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1763 (🔍)
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X-Force: 22094
Vulnerability Center: 8344 - Buffer Overflow in Ptrace in Linux Kernel Allows Memory Modification, Medium
SecurityFocus: 13903 - Linux Kernel 64 Bit PTrace Kernel Memory Access Vulnerability
Secunia: 17073 - Red Hat update for kernel, Less Critical
OSVDB: 17546 - CVE-2005-1763 - Linux - Buffer Overflow Issue

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Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/06/2019 14:23
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (77), 06/06/2019 14:23 (8)
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