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SGI IRIX PIOCSWATCH Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA8996
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Release Date:
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2003-06-11
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Popularity:
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7,206 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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| OS: | SGI IRIX 6.5.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in IRIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on a vulnerable system.
The problem is that any user-space program is allowed to set a watch point using the "PIOCSWATCH" command via an "ioctl()" call. This can be exploited to cause a kernel panic by constructing a malicious program.
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