Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1082-1 kernel-source-2.4.17 -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 29 May 2006
- Affected Packages:
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kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa
kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64
kernel-image-2.4.17-s390
kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus
kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips
kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390
kernel-source-2.4.17 - Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0427, CVE-2005-0489, CVE-2004-0394, CVE-2004-0447, CVE-2004-0554, CVE-2004-0565, CVE-2004-0685, CVE-2005-0001, CVE-2004-0883, CVE-2004-0949, CVE-2004-1016, CVE-2004-1333, CVE-2004-0997, CVE-2004-1335, CVE-2004-1017, CVE-2005-0124, CVE-2003-0984, CVE-2004-1070, CVE-2004-1071, CVE-2004-1072, CVE-2004-1073, CVE-2004-1074, CVE-2004-0138, CVE-2004-1068, CVE-2004-1234, CVE-2005-0003, CVE-2004-1235, CVE-2005-0504, CVE-2005-0384, CVE-2005-0135.
- More information:
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Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CVE-2004-0427
A local denial of service vulnerability in do_fork() has been found.
- CVE-2005-0489
A local denial of service vulnerability in proc memory handling has been found.
- CVE-2004-0394
A buffer overflow in the panic handling code has been found.
- CVE-2004-0447
A local denial of service vulnerability through a null pointer dereference in the IA64 process handling code has been found.
- CVE-2004-0554
A local denial of service vulnerability through an infinite loop in the signal handler code has been found.
- CVE-2004-0565
An information leak in the context switch code has been found on the IA64 architecture.
- CVE-2004-0685
Unsafe use of copy_to_user in USB drivers may disclose sensitive information.
- CVE-2005-0001
A race condition in the i386 page fault handler may allow privilege escalation.
- CVE-2004-0883
Multiple vulnerabilities in the SMB filesystem code may allow denial of service or information disclosure.
- CVE-2004-0949
An information leak discovered in the SMB filesystem code.
- CVE-2004-1016
A local denial of service vulnerability has been found in the SCM layer.
- CVE-2004-1333
An integer overflow in the terminal code may allow a local denial of service vulnerability.
- CVE-2004-0997
A local privilege escalation in the MIPS assembly code has been found.
- CVE-2004-1335
A memory leak in the ip_options_get() function may lead to denial of service.
- CVE-2004-1017
Multiple overflows exist in the io_edgeport driver which might be usable as a denial of service attack vector.
- CVE-2005-0124
Bryan Fulton reported a bounds checking bug in the coda_pioctl function which may allow local users to execute arbitrary code or trigger a denial of service attack.
- CVE-2003-0984
Inproper initialization of the RTC may disclose information.
- CVE-2004-1070
Insufficient input sanitising in the load_elf_binary() function may lead to privilege escalation.
- CVE-2004-1071
Incorrect error handling in the binfmt_elf loader may lead to privilege escalation.
- CVE-2004-1072
A buffer overflow in the binfmt_elf loader may lead to privilege escalation or denial of service.
- CVE-2004-1073
The open_exec function may disclose information.
- CVE-2004-1074
The binfmt code is vulnerable to denial of service through malformed a.out binaries.
- CVE-2004-0138
A denial of service vulnerability in the ELF loader has been found.
- CVE-2004-1068
A programming error in the unix_dgram_recvmsg() function may lead to privilege escalation.
- CVE-2004-1234
The ELF loader is vulnerable to denial of service through malformed binaries.
- CVE-2005-0003
Crafted ELF binaries may lead to privilege escalation, due to insufficient checking of overlapping memory regions.
- CVE-2004-1235
A race condition in the load_elf_library() and binfmt_aout() functions may allow privilege escalation.
- CVE-2005-0504
An integer overflow in the Moxa driver may lead to privilege escalation.
- CVE-2005-0384
A remote denial of service vulnerability has been found in the PPP driver.
- CVE-2005-0135
An IA64 specific local denial of service vulnerability has been found in the unw_unwind_to_user() function.
The following matrix explains which kernel version for which architecture fixes the problems mentioned above:
Debian 3.1 (sarge) Source 2.4.17-1woody4 HP Precision architecture 32.5 Intel IA-64 architecture 011226.18 IBM S/390 architecture/image 2.4.17-2.woody.5 IBM S/390 architecture/patch 0.0.20020816-0.woody.4 PowerPC architecture (apus) 2.4.17-6 MIPS architecture 2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7 We recommend that you upgrade your kernel package immediately and reboot the machine.
- CVE-2004-0427
- Fixed in:
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Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa_32.5.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa_32.5.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64_011226.18.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64_011226.18.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390_2.4.17-2.woody.5.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390_2.4.17-2.woody.5.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus_2.4.17-6.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus_2.4.17-6.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390_0.0.20020816-0.woody.4.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390_0.0.20020816-0.woody.4.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/kernel-source-2.4.17_2.4.17-1woody4.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/kernel-source-2.4.17_2.4.17-1woody4.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa_32.5.tar.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-source-2.4.17-hppa_32.5_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-source-2.4.17-ia64_011226.18_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390_0.0.20020816-0.woody.4_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/kernel-doc-2.4.17_2.4.17-1woody4_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/kernel-source-2.4.17_2.4.17-1woody4_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-source-2.4.17-ia64_011226.18_all.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-headers-2.4.17-hppa_32.5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-32_32.5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-32-smp_32.5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-64_32.5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-64-smp_32.5_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-32_32.5_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-headers-2.4.17-ia64_011226.18_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-itanium_011226.18_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-itanium-smp_011226.18_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-mckinley_011226.18_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-mckinley-smp_011226.18_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-itanium_011226.18_ia64.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390/kernel-headers-2.4.17_2.4.17-2.woody.5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390_2.4.17-2.woody.5_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390_2.4.17-2.woody.5_s390.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus/kernel-headers-2.4.17-apus_2.4.17-6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus/kernel-image-2.4.17-apus_2.4.17-6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus/kernel-image-apus_2.4.17-6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus_2.4.17-6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus/kernel-image-2.4.17-apus_2.4.17-6_powerpc.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-headers-2.4.17_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-image-2.4.17-r4k-ip22_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-image-2.4.17-r5k-ip22_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-image-2.4.17-r4k-ip22_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-headers-2.4.17_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-image-2.4.17-r3k-kn02_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-image-2.4.17-r4k-kn04_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/mips-tools_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-image-2.4.17-r3k-kn02_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mipsel.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_i386.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_m68k.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.