CVE-2007-6434

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

Linux kernel 2.6.23 allows local users to create low pages in virtual userspace memory and bypass mmap_min_addr protection via a crafted executable file that calls the do_brk function.

Linux kernel 2.6.23 allows local users to create low pages in virtual userspace memory and bypass mmap_min_addr protection via a crafted executable file that calls the do_brk function.

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 17 years ago

2007-12-18 20:46:00

Last updated 13 years ago

2011-03-08 03:02:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.6.23

2.6.23

References

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.24-rc5

Exploit

40907

28070

Vendor Advisory

26831

ADV-2007-4200

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