CVE-2005-0756 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE Reference: CVE-2005-0756
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Description: ptrace in Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 does not properly verify addresses on the amd64 platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash).

CVE Status: Candidate

References: UBUNTU http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-137-1 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA17073 Secunia Advisory: SA18059 Secunia Advisory: SA18056 Secunia Advisory: SA17002 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html FEDORA http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 BID 13891

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