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CVE Reference: CVE-2004-0114
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CVE-2004-0114

Description:
The shmat system call in the System V Shared Memory interface for FreeBSD 5.2 and earlier, NetBSD 1.3 and earlier, and OpenBSD 2.6 and earlier, does not properly decrement a shared memory segment's reference count when the vm_map_find function fails, which could allow local users to gain read or write access to a portion of kernel memory and gain privileges.

CVE Status:
Entry

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/15061

OSVDB
  3836

NETBSD

MISC
  http://www.pine.nl/press/pine-cert-20040201.txt

FREEBSD

CONFIRM
  http://www.openbsd.org/errata33.html#sysvshm

BUGTRAQ
  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=107608375207601&w=2

BID
  9586


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