Dana Epp's ramblings at the Sanctuary: New local privilege escalation vulnerability in Linux kernel


« Security related chats and web casts for January 2004 \| Main \| Defeating the BOFH: Compromising A Windows System » January 05, 2004 New local privilege escalation vulnerability in Linux kernel Well, if you haven't heard yet, you might want to grab the latest kernel. There is a new critical security vulnerability in most of the kernels which, due to a bound check failure, allows a local user to gain root privileges. More information can be found at: http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0013-mremap.txt Time to compile and reboot. Posted by SilverStr at January 5, 2004 10:49 AM \| TrackBack		My 5 Favorite Books Writing Secure Code Secure Programming Cookbook Security Engineering Secure Coding Principles & Practice Inside the Security Mind My 5 Favorite Papers Smashing the Stack Penetration Studies Covert Channel Analysis of Trusted Systems DoD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria NSA Security Recommendation Guides Archives June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 July 2002 GeoURL

January 05, 2004

New local privilege escalation vulnerability in Linux kernel