CVE-2005-1763

Description

Buffer overflow in ptrace in the Linux Kernel for 64-bit architectures allows local users to write bytes into kernel memory.

Affected products

• Novell / linux_desktop9 – 9
• SUSE / suse_linux1.0 – 1.0
• SUSE / suse_linux8 – 8
• SUSE / suse_linux9.0 – 9.0

References

• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/18056
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17073
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_29_kernel.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
• MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10182
• MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13903