Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50344
Category:	Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:	Fedora Core 1 FEDORA-2004-251 (kernel)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to kernel announced via advisory FEDORA-2004-251. Paul Starzetz discovered flaws in the Linux kernel when handling file offset pointers. These consist of invalid conversions of 64 to 32-bit file offset pointers and possible race conditions. A local unprivileged user could make use of these flaws to access large portions of kernel memory. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0415 to this issue. These packages contain a patch written by Al Viro to correct these flaws. Red Hat would like to thank iSEC Security Research for disclosing this issue and a number of vendor-sec participants for reviewing and working on the patch to this issue. Additionally, a number of issues were fixed in the USB serial code. References: http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0016-procleaks.txt Solution: Apply the appropriate updates. http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-251.shtml Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 2.1
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0415 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2004:879 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000879 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-24.xml http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:087 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9965 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-413.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-418.html SGI Security Advisory: 20040804-01-U ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040804-01-U.asc XForce ISS Database: linux-pointer-info-disclosure(16877) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16877
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