National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2002-1380

Overview

Linux kernel 2.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by using the mmap() function with a PROT_READ parameter to access non-readable memory pages through the /proc/pid/mem interface.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):

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External Source: BID

Name: 6420

Type: Advisory; Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6420

External Source: XF

Name: linux-protread-mmap-dos(10884)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/10884

External Source: TRUSTIX

Name: 2002-0083

Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2002/TSL-2002-0083-kernel.asc.txt

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2003:088

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-088.html

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2003:039

Hyperlink:http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:039

External Source: ENGARDE

Name: ESA-20030318-009

Hyperlink:http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-2976.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-336

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-336