National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-2731

Overview

Multiple integer overflows in Sbus PROM driver (drivers/sbus/char/openprom.c) for the Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, 2.6.x up to 2.6.7, and possibly later versions, allow local users to execute arbitrary code by specifying (1) a small buffer size to the copyin_string function or (2) a negative buffer size to the copyin function.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/09/2007)

Not vulnerable. The Linux kernel as shipped with with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 and 5 did not include the Sbus PROM module and therefore are not affected by this issue.

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External Source: BID

Name: 10632

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10632

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5GP0515DFW.html

Hyperlink:http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5GP0515DFW.html

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 8363

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/8363

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 7345

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/7345

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1010617

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1010617

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 11981

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/11981

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20040629 linux kernel Sbus PROM driver multiple integer overflows

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-06/0463.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1503

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29058

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29058