Linux Kernel 2.6.0 mm/ioremap.c denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel 2.6.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the file mm/ioremap.c. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3108. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel 2.6.0 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown function of the file mm/ioremap.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

mm/ioremap.c in Linux 2.6 on 64-bit x86 systems allows local users to cause a denial of service or an information leak via an ioremap on a certain memory map that causes the iounmap to perform a lookup of a page that does not exist.

The issue has been introduced in 12/18/2003. The weakness was published 09/30/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-3108 since 09/30/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 652 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21967 (CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2005:808)), 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 117794 (CentOS Security Update for Kernel (CESA-2005:808)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24421), Tenable (21967), SecurityFocus (BID 15049†), OSVDB (19932†) and Secunia (SA17364†). Similar entries are available at VDB-1799, VDB-1800, VDB-26540 and VDB-26539. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 21967
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2005:808)
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OpenVAS ID: 56014
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 922-1 (kernel-source-2.4.27)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/18/2003 🔍
09/30/2005 +652 days 🔍
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10/10/2005 +10 days 🔍
10/27/2005 +17 days 🔍
10/28/2005 +1 days 🔍
10/31/2005 +3 days 🔍
07/05/2006 +247 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3171 days 🔍
06/10/2019 +1552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: kernel.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-3108 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3108
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26460

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X-Force: 24421
SecurityFocus: 15049 - Linux Kernel Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17364 - Red Hat update for kernel, Less Critical
OSVDB: 19932 - Linux Kernel on AMD64 ioremap Module Local DoS
Vulnerability Center: 9505 - Linux 2.6.* Local DoS via mm/ioremap.c, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/10/2019 20:28
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (81), 06/10/2019 20:28 (4)
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