CVE-2004-1074 - Pulsing Sticks

Description

The binfmt functionality in the Linux kernel when \memory overcommit\ is enabled allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) via a malformed a.out binary.

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11754 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000930 https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0001/ 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://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 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=110021173607372&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110322596918807&w=2 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18290 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9751