CVE-2004-1074

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The binfmt functionality in the Linux kernel, when "memory overcommit" is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) via a malformed a.out binary.

The binfmt functionality in the Linux kernel, when "memory overcommit" is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) via a malformed a.out binary.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 20 years ago

2005-01-10 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.4.0

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test1

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test10

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test11

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test12

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test2

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test3

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test4

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test5

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test6

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test7

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test8

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test9

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.1

2.4.1

Linux Kernel 2.4.2

2.4.2

Linux Kernel 2.4.3

2.4.3

Linux Kernel 2.4.4

2.4.4

Linux Kernel 2.4.5

2.4.5

Linux Kernel 2.4.6

2.4.6

Linux Kernel 2.4.7

2.4.7

Linux Kernel 2.4.8

2.4.8

Linux Kernel 2.4.9

2.4.9

Linux Kernel 2.4.10

2.4.10

Linux Kernel 2.4.11

2.4.11

Linux Kernel 2.4.12

2.4.12

Linux Kernel 2.4.13

2.4.13

Linux Kernel 2.4.14

2.4.14

Linux Kernel 2.4.15

2.4.15

Linux Kernel 2.4.16

2.4.16

Linux Kernel 2.4.17

2.4.17

Linux Kernel 2.4.18

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre1

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre2

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre3

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre4

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre5

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre6

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre7

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre8

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.19

2.4.19

Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre1

2.4.19

Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre2

2.4.19

Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre3

2.4.19

Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre4

2.4.19

Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre5

2.4.19

Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre6

2.4.19

Linux Kernel 2.4.20

2.4.20

Linux Kernel 2.4.21

2.4.21

Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre1

2.4.21

Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre4

2.4.21

Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre7

2.4.21

Linux Kernel 2.4.22

2.4.22

Linux Kernel 2.4.23

2.4.23

Linux Kernel 2.4.23 pre9

2.4.23

Linux Kernel 2.4.24

2.4.24

Linux Kernel 2.4.25

2.4.25

Linux Kernel 2.4.26

2.4.26

Linux Kernel 2.4.27

2.4.27

Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre1

2.4.27

Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre2

2.4.27

Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre3

2.4.27

Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre4

2.4.27

Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre5

2.4.27

Linux Kernel 2.6.0

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test1

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test10

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test11

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test2

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test3

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test4

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test5

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test6

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test7

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test8

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test9

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6.1

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.1 Release Candidate 1

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.1 Release Candidate 2

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.2

2.6.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.3

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.4

2.6.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.5

2.6.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.6

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.6 Release Candidate 1

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.7

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.7 Release Candidate 1

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.8

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 1

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 2

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 3

2.6.8

Red Hat Desktop 3.0

3.0

SuSE SuSE Linux 8.1

8.1

SuSE SuSE Linux 8.2

8.2

SuSE SuSE Linux 9.0

9.0

SuSE SuSE Linux 9.1

9.1

SuSE SuSE Linux 9.2

9.2

Trustix Secure Linux 1.5

1.5

Trustix Secure Linux 2.0

2.0

Trustix Secure Linux 2.1

2.1

Trustix Secure Linux 2.2

2.2

References

CLA-2005:930

20041216 [USN-39-1] Linux amd64 kernel vulnerability

[linux-kernel] 20041111 a.out issue

20162

20163

20202

20338

DSA-1067

DSA-1069

DSA-1070

DSA-1082

MDKSA-2005:022

11754

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

2005-0001

FLSA:2336

linux-aout-binary-dos(18290)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9751

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