red hat enterprise linux 4.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in red hat enterprise linux 4.0 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-0091. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in red hat enterprise linux 4.0 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

unknown vulnerability in the red hat enterprise linux 4 kernel 4gb/4gb split patch when using the hugemem kernel allows local users to read and write to arbitrary kernel memory and gain privileges via certain syscalls.

The bug was discovered 02/18/2005. The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2005 by Kirill Korotaev (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0091 since 01/18/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17183 (RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2005:092)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115055 (Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities (RHSA-2005:092-14)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20619), Tenable (17183), SecurityFocus (BID 12599†), OSVDB (15416†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8082†). The entries VDB-1048, VDB-1047, VDB-1049 and VDB-1046 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 17183
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2005:092)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/18/2005 🔍
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02/19/2005 +1 days 🔍
02/22/2005 +3 days 🔍
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05/23/2005 +21 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3578 days 🔍
06/01/2019 +1544 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Kirill Korotaev
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0091 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0091
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24307

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X-Force: 20619
SecurityFocus: 12599 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 15416 - Red Hat Linux 4GB/4GB split patch allows elevated privileges
Vulnerability Center: 8082 - Privileges Elevation in Red Hat Linux 4 via Hugemem Kernel, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 06/01/2019 18:01
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (68), 06/01/2019 18:01 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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