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On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 04:57:23PM +0100, Christian Gut wrote: |
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> damn, again: |
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> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42031 |
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> http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0014-mremap-unmap.txt |
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It looks like there is a discrepancy between the isec.pl link and the |
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original bugtraq post by Paul Starzetz. The bugtraq post says: |
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"Tested and known to be vulnerable kernel versions are all <= 2.2.25, <= |
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2.4.24 and <= 2.6.1. The 2.2.25 version of Linux kernel does not |
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^^^^^ |
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recognize the MREMAP_FIXED flag but this does not prevent the bug from |
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being successfully exploited. All users are encouraged to patch all |
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vulnerable systems as soon as appropriate vendor patches are released. |
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There is no hotfix for this vulnerablity. Limited per user virtual |
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memory still permits do_munmap() to fail." |
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Link: |
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http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/354284/2004-02-15/2004-02-21/0 |
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The isec.pl link has the same paragraph except that it's noted as |
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<= 2.6.2 instead of 2.6.1. Anyone know what is going on here? I don't |
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mind updating my kernel and rebooting, but if I'd like to make sure I'm |
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doing it for a good reason :) |
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Alan |
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Alan <alan@×××××.org> - http://arcterex.net |
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climbing. All the others are mere games." -- Hemingway |
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