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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-4618
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CVE-2005-4618

Description:
Buffer overflow in sysctl in the Linux Kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15 allows local users to corrupt user memory and possibly cause a denial of service via a long string, which causes sysctl to write a zero byte outside the buffer. NOTE: since the sysctl is called from a userland program that provides the argument, this might not be a vulnerability, unless a legitimate user-assisted or setuid scenario can be identified.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-244-1

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA18527
  Secunia Advisory: SA19369
  Secunia Advisory: SA18216
  Secunia Advisory: SA19374

MISC
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15
  http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8febdd85adaa41fa1fc1cb31286210fc2cd3ed0c
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15

MANDRIVA
  http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
  http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017

BID
  16141


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