2.1
CVSSv2

CVE-2005-1762

Published: 02/08/2005 Updated: 19/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 187
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The ptrace call in the Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.10 for the AMD64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a "non-canonical" address.

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Vendor Advisories

A Denial of Service vulnerability has been discovered in the ptrace() call on the amd64 platform By calling ptrace() with specially crafted (“non-canonical”) addresses, a local attacker could cause the kernel to crash This only affects the amd64 platform (CAN-2005-1762) ...
Synopsis Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 2 Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing supportand maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 This is thesecond regular updateThis update has bee ...
Synopsis Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 6 Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support andmaintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3 This is the sixthregular updateThis security adviso ...
Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2005-0756 Alexander Nyberg discovered that the ptrace() system call does not properly verify addre ...
Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2004-2302 A race condition in the sysfs filesystem allows local users to read kernel memory and ca ...