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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-4573
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2007-4573

Description:
The IA32 system call emulation functionality in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7, when running on the x86_64 architecture, does not zero extend the eax register after the 32bit entry path to ptrace is used, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %RAX register.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-518-1

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.html

ST
  1018748

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA26994
  Secunia Advisory: SA26995
  Secunia Advisory: SA26978
  Secunia Advisory: SA26917
  Secunia Advisory: SA26955
  Secunia Advisory: SA26953
  Secunia Advisory: SA26934
  Secunia Advisory: SA26919
  Secunia Advisory: SA27212
  Secunia Advisory: SA27227
  Secunia Advisory: SA27912
  Secunia Advisory: SA29058

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0936.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0937.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0938.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9735

MLIST
  http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/21/512
  http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/21/513

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:195
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196

FULLDISC
  http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119062587407908&w=2

FEDORA
  http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-229.shtml

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
  http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1378
  http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381

CONFIRM
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.35.3
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.7

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/480705/100/0/threaded
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/480451/100/0/threaded

BID
  25774


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