Linux Kernel AMD64 PTrace Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020047 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1020047
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-1615
(Links to External Site)
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Date: May 20 2008
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Impact:
Denial of service via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.6.18
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in the Linux Kernel. A local user can cause denial of service conditions.
A local user can invoke the process-trace capability to cause the kernel to crash.
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Impact:
A local user can cause the target system to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a source code fix.
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Vendor URL: www.kernel.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Not specified
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Underlying OS:
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 06:10:28 -0400
Subject: Linux Kernel
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Red Hat wrote:
* on AMD64 architectures, the possibility of a kernel crash was discovered
by testing the Linux kernel process-trace ability. This could allow a local
unprivileged user to cause a denial of service (kernel crash).
(CVE-2008-1615, Important)
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