CVE-2004-1983

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The arch_get_unmapped_area function in mmap.c in the PaX patches for Linux kernel 2.6, when Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

The arch_get_unmapped_area function in mmap.c in the PaX patches for Linux kernel 2.6, when Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

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

2004-05-02 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:31:00

Affected Software

Gentoo Linux 1.4

1.4

References

20040502 PaX Linux Kernel 2.6 Patches DoS Advisory

20040509 PaX DoS proof-of-concept

http://pax.grsecurity.net/

Patch

GLSA-200407-02

Vendor Advisory

10264

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

pax-aslr-enabled-dos(16037)

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