Bug#302705: CAN-2005-0749: Potential DOS in elf_load_library()
Package: kernel-source-2.4.27
Severity: important
Tags: security
Yichen Xie found out that load_elf_library can modify `elf_phdata' before
freeing it, resulting in a local Denial-of-Service vulnerability.
A fix is available at:
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/gnupatch@4244930dPN44h62CZtM0P-qXoOI-7A
Cheers,
Moritz
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.ISO-8859-15@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
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