ISS X-Force Database: linux-moxa-bo(18821): Linux kernel MOXA serial driver buffer overflow

Linux kernel MOXA serial driver buffer overflow

linux-moxa-bo (18821)

High Risk

Description:

Linux kernel is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by several MOXA serial driver functions. With elevated privileges, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Consequences:

Gain Privileges

Remedy:

For SUSE Linux:
Upgrade to the latest kernel, as listed below. Refer to SUSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2005:018 for more information. See References.

x86:
SUSE Linux 9.2: 2.6.8-24.13 or later
SUSE Linux 9.1: 2.6.5-7.151 or later
SUSE Linux 9.0: 2.4.21-280 or later
SUSE Linux 8.2: 2.4.20.SUSE-131 or later

x86-64 Platform:
SUSE Linux 9.2: 2.6.8-24.13 or later
SUSE Linux 9.1: 2.6.5-7.151 or later
SUSE Linux 9.0: 2.4.21-280 or later

For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2005:663-19, RHSA-2005:529-12, or RHSA-2005:551-09 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-1070-1, DSA-1069-1, DSA-1067-1, or DSA-1082-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Ubuntu Linux (linux-source):
Refer to USN-508-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

References:

Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Fri Jan 07 2005 - 12:18:53 CST : grsecurity 2.1.0 release / 5 Linux kernel advisories.
ASA-2008-225: kernel security and bug fix update (RHSA-2008-0237)
BID-12195: Linux Kernel Multiple Local MOXA Serial Driver Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
CVE-2005-0504: Buffer overflow in the MoxaDriverIoctl function for the moxa serial driver (moxa.c) in Linux 2.2.x, 2.4.x, and 2.6.x before 2.6.22 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a certain modified length value.
DSA-1067: kernel-source-2.4.16 -- several vulnerabilities
DSA-1069: kernel-source-2.4.18 -- several vulnerabilities
DSA-1070: kernel-source-2.4.19 -- several vulnerabilities
DSA-1082: kernel-source-2.4.17 -- several vulnerabilities
RHSA-2005-529: kernel security update
RHSA-2005-551: kernel security update
RHSA-2005-663: Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 6
RHSA-2008-0237: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
SECTRACK ID: 1013273: Linux Kernel Buffer Overflows in Moxa Char Driver Yield Root Privileges to Local Users
SUSE-SA:2005:018: kernel: remote denial of service
USN-508-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Debian Debian Linux 3.0
Linux Kernel 2.2.0
Linux Kernel 2.2.1
Linux Kernel 2.2.10
Linux Kernel 2.2.11
Linux Kernel 2.2.12
Linux Kernel 2.2.13
Linux Kernel 2.2.14
Linux Kernel 2.2.15 pre20
Linux Kernel 2.2.15 pre16
Linux Kernel 2.2.15
Linux Kernel 2.2.16
Linux Kernel 2.2.16 pre6
Linux Kernel 2.2.18
Linux Kernel 2.2.19
Linux Kernel 2.2.2
Linux Kernel 2.2.20
Linux Kernel 2.2.21
Linux Kernel 2.2.22
Linux Kernel 2.2.23
Linux Kernel 2.2.24
Linux Kernel 2.2.25
Linux Kernel 2.2.3
Linux Kernel 2.2.4
Linux Kernel 2.2.5
Linux Kernel 2.2.6
Linux Kernel 2.2.7
Linux Kernel 2.2.8
Linux Kernel 2.2.9
Linux Kernel 2.3.0
Linux Kernel 2.3.99 pre2
Linux Kernel 2.3.99 pre1
Linux Kernel 2.3.99 pre3
Linux Kernel 2.3.99 pre4
Linux Kernel 2.3.99
Linux Kernel 2.3.99 pre6
Linux Kernel 2.3.99 pre7
Linux Kernel 2.3.99 pre5
Linux Kernel 2.4.0
Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test9
Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test8
Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test7
Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test6
Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test5
Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test4
Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test3
Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test2
Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test12
Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test1
Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test10
Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test11
Linux Kernel 2.4.1
Linux Kernel 2.4.10
Linux Kernel 2.4.11
Linux Kernel 2.4.12
Linux Kernel 2.4.13
Linux Kernel 2.4.14
Linux Kernel 2.4.15
Linux Kernel 2.4.16
Linux Kernel 2.4.17
Linux Kernel 2.4.18 x86
Linux Kernel 2.4.18
Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre1
Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre2
Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre3
Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre4
Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre5
Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre6
Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre7
Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre8
Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre5
Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre1
Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre3
Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre6
Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre2
Linux Kernel 2.4.19
Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre4
Linux Kernel 2.4.2
Linux Kernel 2.4.20
Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre1
Linux Kernel 2.4.21
Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre7
Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre4
Linux Kernel 2.4.22
Linux Kernel 2.4.23 ow2
Linux Kernel 2.4.23
Linux Kernel 2.4.23 pre9
Linux Kernel 2.4.24 ow1
Linux Kernel 2.4.24
Linux Kernel 2.4.25
Linux Kernel 2.4.26
Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre3
Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre2
Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre1
Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre4
Linux Kernel 2.4.27
Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre5
Linux Kernel 2.4.28
Linux Kernel 2.4.29 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.4.3
Linux Kernel 2.4.4
Linux Kernel 2.4.5
Linux Kernel 2.4.6
Linux Kernel 2.4.7
Linux Kernel 2.4.8
Linux Kernel 2.4.9
Linux Kernel 2.5.0
Linux Kernel 2.5.1
Linux Kernel 2.5.10
Linux Kernel 2.5.11
Linux Kernel 2.5.12
Linux Kernel 2.5.13
Linux Kernel 2.5.14
Linux Kernel 2.5.15
Linux Kernel 2.5.16
Linux Kernel 2.5.17
Linux Kernel 2.5.18
Linux Kernel 2.5.19
Linux Kernel 2.5.2
Linux Kernel 2.5.20
Linux Kernel 2.5.21
Linux Kernel 2.5.22
Linux Kernel 2.5.23
Linux Kernel 2.5.24
Linux Kernel 2.5.25
Linux Kernel 2.5.26
Linux Kernel 2.5.27
Linux Kernel 2.5.28
Linux Kernel 2.5.29
Linux Kernel 2.5.3
Linux Kernel 2.5.30
Linux Kernel 2.5.31
Linux Kernel 2.5.32
Linux Kernel 2.5.33
Linux Kernel 2.5.34
Linux Kernel 2.5.35
Linux Kernel 2.5.36
Linux Kernel 2.5.37
Linux Kernel 2.5.38
Linux Kernel 2.5.39
Linux Kernel 2.5.4
Linux Kernel 2.5.40
Linux Kernel 2.5.41
Linux Kernel 2.5.42
Linux Kernel 2.5.43
Linux Kernel 2.5.44
Linux Kernel 2.5.45
Linux Kernel 2.5.46
Linux Kernel 2.5.47
Linux Kernel 2.5.48
Linux Kernel 2.5.49
Linux Kernel 2.5.5
Linux Kernel 2.5.50
Linux Kernel 2.5.51
Linux Kernel 2.5.52
Linux Kernel 2.5.53
Linux Kernel 2.5.54
Linux Kernel 2.5.55
Linux Kernel 2.5.56
Linux Kernel 2.5.57
Linux Kernel 2.5.58
Linux Kernel 2.5.59
Linux Kernel 2.5.6
Linux Kernel 2.5.60
Linux Kernel 2.5.61
Linux Kernel 2.5.62
Linux Kernel 2.5.63
Linux Kernel 2.5.64
Linux Kernel 2.5.65
Linux Kernel 2.5.66
Linux Kernel 2.5.67
Linux Kernel 2.5.68
Linux Kernel 2.5.69
Linux Kernel 2.5.7
Linux Kernel 2.5.8
Linux Kernel 2.5.9
Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test9-cvs
Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test9
Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test8
Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test7
Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test6
Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test5
Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test4
Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test3
Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test11
Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test2
Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test10
Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test1
Linux Kernel 2.6.0
Linux Kernel 2.6.1 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.1 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.1
Linux Kernel 2.6.10 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.10
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 rc7
Linux Kernel 2.6.3
Linux Kernel 2.6.4
Linux Kernel 2.6.5
Linux Kernel 2.6.6 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.6
Linux Kernel 2.6.7 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.7
Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.8
Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.17
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.2
Novell Linux Desktop 9
RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SUSE SuSE Linux 8.1
SUSE SuSE Linux 8.2
SUSE SuSE Linux 9.0
SUSE SuSE Linux 9.1
SUSE SuSE Linux 9.2
SuSE SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
SuSE SuSE SLES 9

Reported:

Jan 10, 2005

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