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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-2553
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CVE-2005-2553

Description:
The find_target function in ptrace32.c in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.29 does not properly handle a NULL return value from another function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash/oops) by running a 32-bit ltrace program with the -i option on a 64-bit executable program.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

SUSE
  http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA18059
  Secunia Advisory: SA18977
  Secunia Advisory: SA17002
  Secunia Advisory: SA19038

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html

MANDRIVA
  http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044

FEDORA
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921

CONFIRM
  http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@41dd3455GwQPufrGvBJjcUOXQa3WXA
  http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/1/5/245

BID
  14965


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