CVE-2004-0812 - Chewiest Gerbil

Description

Unknown vulnerability in the Linux kernel before 2.4.23 on the AMD AMD64 and Intel EM64T architectures associated with \setting up TSS limits\ allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Reference

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-549.html http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-047.shtml http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11794 http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@3fad673ber4GuU7iWppydzNIyLntEQ http://secunia.com/advisories/13359 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18346 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11375