coder
Dec 2 2003, 11:27 PM
Full Advisory:
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.org/0312-...rnel-2.2.22.txtExploit: Available
Heads up Linux Admins... even if this is kind of late
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Package : kernel-image-2.4.18-1-alpha, kernel-image-2.4.18-1-i386, kernel-source-2.4.18
Vulnerability : userland can access full kernel memory
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CAN-2003-0961
Recently multiple servers of the Debian project were compromised using a
Debian developers account and an unknown root exploit. Forensics
revealed a burneye encrypted exploit. Robert van der Meulen managed to
decrypt the binary which revealed a kernel exploit. Study of the exploit
by the RedHat and SuSE kernel and security teams quickly revealed that
the exploit used an integer overflow in the brk system call. Using
this bug it is possible for a userland program to trick the kernel into
giving access to the full kernel address space. This problem was found
in September by Andrew Morton, but unfortunately that was too late for
the 2.4.22 kernel release. |
pupkinvasya
Dec 3 2003, 08:53 AM
This problem was found in September .... but presently December ...
Debian sleeps ...
