Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-0091 - Multiple vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
redhat
nessus

Summary

Unknown vulnerability in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel 4GB/4GB split patch, when using the hugemem kernel, allows local users to read and write to arbitrary kernel memory and gain privileges via certain syscalls.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Redhat
4

Nessus

NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2005-092.NASL
descriptionUpdated kernel packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. This advisory includes fixes for several security issues : iSEC Security Research discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the IGMP functionality. These flaws could allow a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially gain privileges. Where multicast applications are being used on a system, these flaws may also allow remote users to cause a denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-1137 to this issue. iSEC Security Research discovered a flaw in the page fault handler code that could lead to local users gaining elevated (root) privileges on multiprocessor machines. (CVE-2005-0001) iSEC Security Research discovered a VMA handling flaw in the uselib(2) system call of the Linux kernel. A local user could make use of this flaw to gain elevated (root) privileges. (CVE-2004-1235) A flaw affecting the OUTS instruction on the AMD64 and Intel EM64T architecture was discovered. A local user could use this flaw to write to privileged IO ports. (CVE-2005-0204) The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly check the DMA lock, which could allow remote attackers or local users to cause a denial of service (X Server crash) or possibly modify the video output. (CVE-2004-1056) OGAWA Hirofumi discovered incorrect tables sizes being used in the filesystem Native Language Support ASCII translation table. This could lead to a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2005-0177) Michael Kerrisk discovered a flaw in the 2.6.9 kernel which allows users to unlock arbitrary shared memory segments. This flaw could lead to applications not behaving as expected. (CVE-2005-0176) Improvements in the POSIX signal and tty standards compliance exposed a race condition. This flaw can be triggered accidentally by threaded applications or deliberately by a malicious user and can result in a denial of service (crash) or in occasional cases give access to a small random chunk of kernel memory. (CVE-2005-0178) The PaX team discovered a flaw in mlockall introduced in the 2.6.9 kernel. An unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption or crash). (CVE-2005-0179) Brad Spengler discovered multiple flaws in sg_scsi_ioctl in the 2.6 kernel. An unprivileged user may be able to use this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly other actions. (CVE-2005-0180) Kirill Korotaev discovered a missing access check regression in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel 4GB/4GB split patch. On systems using the hugemem kernel, a local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2005-0090) A flaw in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel 4GB/4GB split patch can allow syscalls to read and write arbitrary kernel memory. On systems using the hugemem kernel, a local unprivileged user could use this flaw to gain privileges. (CVE-2005-0091) An additional flaw in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel 4GB/4GB split patch was discovered. On x86 systems using the hugemem kernel, a local unprivileged user may be able to use this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2005-0092) All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures and configurations as listed in this erratum.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id17183
published2005-02-22
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17183
titleRHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2005:092)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:092. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(17183);
  script_version ("1.27");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1056", "CVE-2004-1137", "CVE-2004-1235", "CVE-2005-0001", "CVE-2005-0090", "CVE-2005-0091", "CVE-2005-0092", "CVE-2005-0176", "CVE-2005-0177", "CVE-2005-0178", "CVE-2005-0179", "CVE-2005-0180", "CVE-2005-0204");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2005:092");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2005:092)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.

This advisory includes fixes for several security issues :

iSEC Security Research discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the IGMP
functionality. These flaws could allow a local user to cause a denial
of service (crash) or potentially gain privileges. Where multicast
applications are being used on a system, these flaws may also allow
remote users to cause a denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities
and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name
CVE-2004-1137 to this issue.

iSEC Security Research discovered a flaw in the page fault handler
code that could lead to local users gaining elevated (root) privileges
on multiprocessor machines. (CVE-2005-0001)

iSEC Security Research discovered a VMA handling flaw in the uselib(2)
system call of the Linux kernel. A local user could make use of this
flaw to gain elevated (root) privileges. (CVE-2004-1235)

A flaw affecting the OUTS instruction on the AMD64 and Intel EM64T
architecture was discovered. A local user could use this flaw to write
to privileged IO ports. (CVE-2005-0204)

The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver in Linux kernel 2.6 does not
properly check the DMA lock, which could allow remote attackers or
local users to cause a denial of service (X Server crash) or possibly
modify the video output. (CVE-2004-1056)

OGAWA Hirofumi discovered incorrect tables sizes being used in the
filesystem Native Language Support ASCII translation table. This could
lead to a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2005-0177)

Michael Kerrisk discovered a flaw in the 2.6.9 kernel which allows
users to unlock arbitrary shared memory segments. This flaw could lead
to applications not behaving as expected. (CVE-2005-0176)

Improvements in the POSIX signal and tty standards compliance exposed
a race condition. This flaw can be triggered accidentally by threaded
applications or deliberately by a malicious user and can result in a
denial of service (crash) or in occasional cases give access to a
small random chunk of kernel memory. (CVE-2005-0178)

The PaX team discovered a flaw in mlockall introduced in the 2.6.9
kernel. An unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of
service (CPU and memory consumption or crash). (CVE-2005-0179)

Brad Spengler discovered multiple flaws in sg_scsi_ioctl in the 2.6
kernel. An unprivileged user may be able to use this flaw to cause a
denial of service (crash) or possibly other actions. (CVE-2005-0180)

Kirill Korotaev discovered a missing access check regression in the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel 4GB/4GB split patch. On systems
using the hugemem kernel, a local unprivileged user could use this
flaw to cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2005-0090)

A flaw in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel 4GB/4GB split patch
can allow syscalls to read and write arbitrary kernel memory. On
systems using the hugemem kernel, a local unprivileged user could use
this flaw to gain privileges. (CVE-2005-0091)

An additional flaw in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel 4GB/4GB
split patch was discovered. On x86 systems using the hugemem kernel, a
local unprivileged user may be able to use this flaw to cause a denial
of service (crash). (CVE-2005-0092)

All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their
kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures
and configurations as listed in this erratum."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1056"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1137"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-1235"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0001"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0090"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0091"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0092"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0176"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0177"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0178"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0179"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0180"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0204"
  );
  # http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0018-igmp.txt
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://isec.pl/en/vulnerabilities/isec-0018-igmp.txt"
  );
  # http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0021-uselib.txt
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://isec.pl/en/vulnerabilities/isec-0021-uselib.txt"
  );
  # http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0022-pagefault.txt
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://isec.pl/en/vulnerabilities/isec-0022-pagefault.txt"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:092"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(119);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-hugemem");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-hugemem-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-smp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kernel-smp-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/01/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/02/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/02/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
include("ksplice.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^4([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 4.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);

if (get_one_kb_item("Host/ksplice/kernel-cves"))
{
  rm_kb_item(name:"Host/uptrack-uname-r");
  cve_list = make_list("CVE-2004-1056", "CVE-2004-1137", "CVE-2004-1235", "CVE-2005-0001", "CVE-2005-0090", "CVE-2005-0091", "CVE-2005-0092", "CVE-2005-0176", "CVE-2005-0177", "CVE-2005-0178", "CVE-2005-0179", "CVE-2005-0180", "CVE-2005-0204");
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for RHSA-2005:092");
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2005:092";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{
  flag = 0;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", reference:"kernel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", reference:"kernel-devel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", reference:"kernel-doc-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i686", reference:"kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i686", reference:"kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i686", reference:"kernel-smp-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-smp-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"i686", reference:"kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL")) flag++;

  if (flag)
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    tested = pkg_tests_get();
    if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
    else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel / kernel-devel / kernel-doc / kernel-hugemem / etc");
  }
}

Oval

accepted2013-04-29T04:12:40.088-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameAharon Chernin
    organizationSCAP.com, LLC
  • nameDragos Prisaca
    organizationG2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • commentThe operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
  • commentCentOS Linux 4.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
  • commentOracle Linux 4.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
descriptionUnknown vulnerability in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel 4GB/4GB split patch, when using the hugemem kernel, allows local users to read and write to arbitrary kernel memory and gain privileges via certain syscalls.
familyunix
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11249
statusaccepted
submitted2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
titleRace condition in the (1) load_elf_library and (2) binfmt_aout function calls for uselib in Linux kernel 2.4 through 2.429-rc2 and 2.6 through 2.6.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by manipulating the VMA descriptor.
version26

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2005:092
rpms
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-5.0.3.EL
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-5.0.3.EL
  • kernel-devel-0:2.6.9-5.0.3.EL
  • kernel-doc-0:2.6.9-5.0.3.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-0:2.6.9-5.0.3.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-devel-0:2.6.9-5.0.3.EL
  • kernel-smp-0:2.6.9-5.0.3.EL
  • kernel-smp-devel-0:2.6.9-5.0.3.EL