CVE-2004-0077 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2004-0077 at MITRE

Description

The do_mremap function for the mremap system call in Linux 2.2 to 2.2.25, 2.4 to 2.4.24, and 2.6 to 2.6.2, does not properly check the return value from the do_munmap function when the maximum number of VMA descriptors is exceeded, which allows local users to gain root privileges, a different vulnerability than CAN-2003-0985.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.2
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 49117 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SuSE-SA:2004:005, published Wednesday, Feb. 18th 2004 23:05 MET

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 00:42:43 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:09:15 2023