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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-2875

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2007-2875

Description:
Integer underflow in the cpuset_tasks_read function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, when the cpuset filesystem is mounted, allows local users to obtain kernel memory contents by using a large offset when reading the /dev/cpuset/tasks file.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/34779

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html

ST
  1018211

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA26620
  Secunia Advisory: SA26760
  Secunia Advisory: SA26647
  Secunia Advisory: SA26139
  Secunia Advisory: SA26133
  Secunia Advisory: SA27227

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171

IDEFENSE
  http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=541

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363

CONFIRM
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.13
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.4

BID
  24389


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