CVE-2004-1073 - Meticulous Shelter

Description

The open_exec function in the execve functionality (exec.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27 and 2.6.x up to 2.6.8 allows local users to read non-readable ELF binaries by using the interpreter (PT_INTERP) functionality.

Reference

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-549.html http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0017-binfmt_elf.txt http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html http://secunia.com/advisories/18684 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-504.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-505.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11646 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022 https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18025 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11503