Subject: Is this known?
To: None <tech-security@netbsd.org>
From: Simas Mockevicius <symka@netbsd.vejas.lt>
List: tech-security
Date: 02/06/2004 09:25:56
Hi folks,
from deadly.org:
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Pine Digital Security Advisory
Advisory ID : PINE-CERT-20040201 (CAN-2004-0114)
Authors : Joost Pol
Vendor Informed : 2004-02-01
Issue date : 2004-02-05
Application : kernel / sysv shared memory
Platforms : FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD
Availability : http://www.pine.nl/press/pine-cert-20040201.txt
Synopsis
While gathering material for a security training Pine
Digital Security encountered a reference count overflow
condition which could lead to privilege escalation.
Versions
Vulnerable versions include:
FreeBSD >= 2.2.0, NetBSD >= 1.3 and OpenBSD >= 2.6
Impact
Serious.
Local users can elevate their privileges.
Description
The shmat(2) function maps a shared memory segment, previously
created with the shmget(2) function, into the address space of
the calling process.
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Sincerely,
Simas Mockevicius.