CVE-2007-4573 (GCVE-0-2007-4573)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-09-25 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:01
VLAI?
Summary
The IA32 system call emulation functionality in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7, when running on the x86_64 architecture, does not zero extend the eax register after the 32bit entry path to ptrace is used, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %RAX register.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-09… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/27212 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-09… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018748 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/26953 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-229.shtml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480451/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/26978 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/21/512 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/26934 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/26994 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/26995 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25774 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/26919 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/27912 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-518-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3246 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/21/513 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480705/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/Chang… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=11906258740… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-09… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/26955 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1754 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/26917 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1378 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
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        {
          "name": "26955",
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          "name": "DSA-1378",
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    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T15:01:09.784Z",
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