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Re: [RHSA-2004:065-01] Updated kernel packages resolve security vulnerabilities
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ulrich Keil)
Thu Feb 19 17:57:18 2004
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:58:49 +0100
From: Ulrich Keil <ulrich@der-keiler.de>
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bugzilla@redhat.com wrote:
> Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in return value checking in mremap()
> in the Linux kernel versions 2.4.24 and previous that may allow a local
> attacker to gain root privileges. No exploit is currently available;
> ...
There is an Proof-of-concept exploit available:
http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Securiteam/2004-02/0052.html
Ulrich Keil
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