Linux kernel bluez_sock_create function integer underflow

kernel-bluezsockcreate-integer-underflow (19844) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Linux kernel is vulnerable to an integer underflow, caused by improper bounds checking in the bluez_sock_create() function in the Bluetooth socket code. By sending a negative integer value to the bluez_sock_create() function, a local attacker could underflow a buffer and cause an incorrect memory access. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system to gain root privileges.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 7
  Access Vector: Local
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: Complete
  Integrity Impact: Complete
  Availability Impact: Complete
 
Temporal Score: 5.8
  Exploitability: Functional
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Privileges

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Linux Kernel (2.6.11.6 and 2.4.30-rc3 or later), available from The Linux Kernel Archives Web page. See References.

For SUSE Linux:
Upgrade to the latest Kernel listed below. Refer to SUSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2005:029 for more information. See References.

x86 and x86-64 Platforms:
SUSE Linux 9.3: 2.6.11.4-21.7 or later
SUSE Linux 9.2: 2.6.8-24.16 or later
SUSE Linux 9.1: 2.6.5-7.155.29 or later
SUSE Linux 9.0: 2.4.21-291 or later
SUSE Linux 8.2: 2.4.20-136 or later (x86 platform only)

For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2005:366-21, RHSA-2005:293-16, RHSA-2005:284-11, or RHSA-2005:283-15 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-103-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2005:021 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

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

References:

Platforms Affected:

  • Canonical Ubuntu 4.10
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.10
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.11 pre1
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.11 pre2
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.11
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.11 pre3
  • 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 pre3
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre2
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre1
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre6
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre8
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre7
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre5
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.18
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre9
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre4
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre6
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre2
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre3
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre4
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre5
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre1
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.19
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.20
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre6
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre2
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre3
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.21
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre1
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre4
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre5
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre7
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.22 pre10
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.22
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.22 pre1
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.22 pre2
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.22 pre3
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.22 pre4
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.22 pre9
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.22 pre8
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.22 pre5
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.22 pre6
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.22 pre7
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.23 pre4
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.23 pre5
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.23 pre6
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.23 pre7
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.23 pre8
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.23 pre2
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.23 pre3
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.23 pre1
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.23
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.23 pre9
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.23 ow2
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.24
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.24 ow1
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.25
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.26
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre1
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre2
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre3
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre4
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre5
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.27
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.28
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.29
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.29 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.29 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.30 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.6
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.7
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.8
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.9 pre2
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.9 pre3
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.9 pre1
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.9 pre4
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.9
  • Linux Kernel 2.4.9 pre5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test10
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0
  • 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 test2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.0 test11
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.1 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.1 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.1 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.10 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.10 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.10
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.10 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11 rc4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11 rc5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.11.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.2 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.2 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.2 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.3 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.3 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.3 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.3 rc4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.4 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.4 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.4 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.5 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.5
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.5 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.5 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.6 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.6 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.6
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.6 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.7
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.7 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.7 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.7 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.8
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.9
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.9 rc2
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.9 rc3
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.9 rc4
  • Linux Kernel 2.6.9 rc1
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 10.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 AMD64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 10.1
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 10.1 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux LE2005
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux LE2005 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 8.2
  • Novell Linux Desktop 9
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server
  • 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 9.3
  • SuSE SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
  • SuSE SuSE SLES 9

Reported:

Mar 27, 2005

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