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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-2709
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Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2005-2709

Description: The sysctl functionality (sysctl.c) in Linux kernel before 2.6.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) and possibly execute code by opening an interface file in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/, waiting until the interface is unregistered, then obtaining and modifying function pointers in memory that was used for the ctl_table.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/23040 UBUNTU http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-219-1 ST 1015434 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA19369 Secunia Advisory: SA19374 Secunia Advisory: SA18684 Secunia Advisory: SA18562 Secunia Advisory: SA18510 Secunia Advisory: SA17648 Secunia Advisory: SA17541 Secunia Advisory: SA17504 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html OSVDB 20676 MANDRIVA http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059 FEDORA http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 CONFIRM http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.14.1 BID 15365

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