CVE ID:	CAN-2005-0003
Description:	The 64 bit ELF support in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.10, on 64-bit architectures, does not properly check for overlapping VMA (virtual memory address) allocations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF or a.out file.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0003 Debian Security Information: DSA-1070 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 Debian Security Information: DSA-1067 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 Debian Security Information: DSA-1069 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 Debian Security Information: DSA-1082 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2005:043 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-043.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2005:017 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-017.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:018 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0001/ http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@41a6721cce-LoPqkzKXudYby_3TUmg BugTraq ID: 12261 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12261 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9512 http://securitytracker.com/id?1012885 http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 XForce ISS Database: linux-vma-gain-privileges(18886) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18886

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