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PaX Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11518
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Release Date:
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2004-05-04
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Popularity:
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6,727 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | PaX
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Description:
borg has discovered a vulnerability in PaX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the "mmap()" mechanism and may cause the kernel to enter an infinite loop.
Successful exploitation requires that ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) protection is enabled.
The vulnerability affects all versions for the 2.6 kernel before 2004-05-01.
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