CVE-2005-1263

Upstream information

CVE-2005-1263 at MITRE

Description

The elf_core_dump function in binfmt_elf.c for Linux kernel 2.x.x to 2.2.27-rc2, 2.4.x to 2.4.31-pre1, and 2.6.x to 2.6.12-rc4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an ELF binary that, in certain conditions involving the create_elf_tables function, causes a negative length argument to pass a signed integer comparison, leading to a buffer overflow.

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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: 83222 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SA:2005:029, published Thu, 09 Jun 2005 11:00:00 +0000
• SUSE-SR:2005:013, published Wed, 18 May 2005 15:00:00 +0000

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:14:53 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:12:20 2023