Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-0457 - Local Copy_To_User Race vulnerability in Linux Kernel Security Key Functions
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies the data into kernel memory.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2006-0575.NASL description Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 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 is the fourth regular update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. New features introduced in this update include : * Device Mapper mirroring support * IDE diskdump support * x86, AMD64 and Intel EM64T: Multi-core scheduler support enhancements * Itanium: perfmon support for Montecito * much improved support for IBM x460 * AMD PowerNow! patches to support Opteron Rev G * Vmalloc support > 64MB The following device drivers have been upgraded to new versions : ipmi: 33.11 to 33.13 ib_mthca: 0.06 to 0.08 bnx2: 1.4.30 to 1.4.38 bonding: 2.6.1 to 2.6.3 e100: 3.4.8-k2-NAPI to 3.5.10-k2-NAPI e1000: 6.1.16-k3-NAPI to 7.0.33-k2-NAPI sky2: 0.13 to 1.1 tg3: 3.43-rh to 3.52-rh ipw2100: 1.1.0 to git-1.1.4 ipw2200: 1.0.0 to git-1.0.10 3w-9xxx: 2.26.02.001 to 2.26.04.010 ips: 7.10.18 to 7.12.02 iscsi_sfnet: 4:0.1.11-2 to 4:0.1.11-3 lpfc: 0:8.0.16.18 to 0:8.0.16.27 megaraid_sas: 00.00.02.00 to 00.00.02.03-RH1 qla2xxx: 8.01.02-d4 to 8.01.04-d7 qla6312: 8.01.02-d4 to 8.01.04-d7 sata_promise: 1.03 to 1.04 sata_vsc: 1.1 to 1.2 ibmvscsic: 1.5.5 to 1.5.6 ipr: 2.0.11.1 to 2.0.11.2 Added drivers : dcdbas: 5.6.0-2 sata_mv: 0.6 sata_qstor: 0.05 sata_uli: 0.5 skge: 1.1 stex: 2.9.0.13 pdc_adma: 0.03 This update includes fixes for the security issues : * a flaw in the USB devio handling of device removal that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2005-3055, moderate) * a flaw in the ACL handling of nfsd that allowed a remote user to bypass ACLs for readonly mounted NFS file systems (CVE-2005-3623, moderate) * a flaw in the netfilter handling that allowed a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN rights to cause a buffer overflow (CVE-2006-0038, low) * a flaw in the IBM S/390 and IBM zSeries strnlen_user() function that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) or to retrieve random kernel data (CVE-2006-0456, important) * a flaw in the keyctl functions that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) or to read sensitive kernel memory (CVE-2006-0457, important) * a flaw in unaligned accesses handling on Itanium processors that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2006-0742, important) * a flaw in SELinux ptrace logic that allowed a local user with ptrace permissions to change the tracer SID to a SID of another process (CVE-2006-1052, moderate) * an info leak on AMD-based x86 and x86_64 systems that allowed a local user to retrieve the floating point exception state of a process run by a different user (CVE-2006-1056, important) * a flaw in IPv4 packet output handling that allowed a remote user to bypass the zero IP ID countermeasure on systems with a disabled firewall (CVE-2006-1242, low) * a minor info leak in socket option handling in the network code (CVE-2006-1343, low) * a flaw in the HB-ACK chunk handling of SCTP that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2006-1857, moderate) * a flaw in the SCTP implementation that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service (deadlock) (CVE-2006-2275, moderate) * a flaw in the socket buffer handling that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service (panic) (CVE-2006-2446, important) * a flaw in the signal handling access checking on PowerPC that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) or read arbitrary kernel memory on 64-bit systems (CVE-2006-2448, important) * a flaw in the netfilter SCTP module when receiving a chunkless packet that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2006-2934, important) There were several bug fixes in various parts of the kernel. The ongoing effort to resolve these problems has resulted in a marked improvement in the reliability and scalability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 22221 published 2006-08-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22221 title RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2006:0575) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2006-0575.NASL description Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 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 is the fourth regular update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. New features introduced in this update include : * Device Mapper mirroring support * IDE diskdump support * x86, AMD64 and Intel EM64T: Multi-core scheduler support enhancements * Itanium: perfmon support for Montecito * much improved support for IBM x460 * AMD PowerNow! patches to support Opteron Rev G * Vmalloc support > 64MB The following device drivers have been upgraded to new versions : ipmi: 33.11 to 33.13 ib_mthca: 0.06 to 0.08 bnx2: 1.4.30 to 1.4.38 bonding: 2.6.1 to 2.6.3 e100: 3.4.8-k2-NAPI to 3.5.10-k2-NAPI e1000: 6.1.16-k3-NAPI to 7.0.33-k2-NAPI sky2: 0.13 to 1.1 tg3: 3.43-rh to 3.52-rh ipw2100: 1.1.0 to git-1.1.4 ipw2200: 1.0.0 to git-1.0.10 3w-9xxx: 2.26.02.001 to 2.26.04.010 ips: 7.10.18 to 7.12.02 iscsi_sfnet: 4:0.1.11-2 to 4:0.1.11-3 lpfc: 0:8.0.16.18 to 0:8.0.16.27 megaraid_sas: 00.00.02.00 to 00.00.02.03-RH1 qla2xxx: 8.01.02-d4 to 8.01.04-d7 qla6312: 8.01.02-d4 to 8.01.04-d7 sata_promise: 1.03 to 1.04 sata_vsc: 1.1 to 1.2 ibmvscsic: 1.5.5 to 1.5.6 ipr: 2.0.11.1 to 2.0.11.2 Added drivers : dcdbas: 5.6.0-2 sata_mv: 0.6 sata_qstor: 0.05 sata_uli: 0.5 skge: 1.1 stex: 2.9.0.13 pdc_adma: 0.03 This update includes fixes for the security issues : * a flaw in the USB devio handling of device removal that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2005-3055, moderate) * a flaw in the ACL handling of nfsd that allowed a remote user to bypass ACLs for readonly mounted NFS file systems (CVE-2005-3623, moderate) * a flaw in the netfilter handling that allowed a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN rights to cause a buffer overflow (CVE-2006-0038, low) * a flaw in the IBM S/390 and IBM zSeries strnlen_user() function that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) or to retrieve random kernel data (CVE-2006-0456, important) * a flaw in the keyctl functions that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) or to read sensitive kernel memory (CVE-2006-0457, important) * a flaw in unaligned accesses handling on Itanium processors that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2006-0742, important) * a flaw in SELinux ptrace logic that allowed a local user with ptrace permissions to change the tracer SID to a SID of another process (CVE-2006-1052, moderate) * an info leak on AMD-based x86 and x86_64 systems that allowed a local user to retrieve the floating point exception state of a process run by a different user (CVE-2006-1056, important) * a flaw in IPv4 packet output handling that allowed a remote user to bypass the zero IP ID countermeasure on systems with a disabled firewall (CVE-2006-1242, low) * a minor info leak in socket option handling in the network code (CVE-2006-1343, low) * a flaw in the HB-ACK chunk handling of SCTP that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2006-1857, moderate) * a flaw in the SCTP implementation that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service (deadlock) (CVE-2006-2275, moderate) * a flaw in the socket buffer handling that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service (panic) (CVE-2006-2446, important) * a flaw in the signal handling access checking on PowerPC that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) or read arbitrary kernel memory on 64-bit systems (CVE-2006-2448, important) * a flaw in the netfilter SCTP module when receiving a chunkless packet that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2006-2934, important) There were several bug fixes in various parts of the kernel. The ongoing effort to resolve these problems has resulted in a marked improvement in the reliability and scalability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 22276 published 2006-08-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22276 title CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2006:0575) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2006-059.NASL description A number of vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : sysctl.c in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.14.1 allows local users to cause a Denial of Service (kernel oops) and possibly execute code by opening an interface file in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/, waiting until the interface is unregistered, then obtaining and modifying function pointers in memory that was used for the ctl_table (CVE-2005-2709). Multiple vulnerabilities in versions prior to 2.6.13.2 allow local users to cause a DoS (oops from null dereference) via fput in a 32bit ioctl on 64-bit x86 systems or sockfd_put in the 32-bit routing_ioctl function on 64-bit systems (CVE-2005-3044). Note that this was previously partially corrected in MDKSA-2005:235. Prior to 2.6.14, the kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 21133 published 2006-03-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/21133 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2006:059) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-263-1.NASL description A flaw was found in the module reference counting for loadable protocol modules of netfilter. By performing particular socket operations, a local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. This flaw only affects Ubuntu 5.10. (CVE-2005-3359) David Howells noticed a race condition in the add_key(), request_key() and keyctl() functions. By modifying the length of string arguments after the kernel determined their length, but before the kernel copied them into kernel memory, a local attacker could either crash the kernel or read random parts of kernel memory (which could potentially contain sensitive data). (CVE-2006-0457) An information disclosure vulnerability was discovered in the ftruncate() function for the XFS file system. Under certain conditions, this function could expose random unallocated blocks. A local user could potentially exploit this to recover sensitive data from previously deleted files. (CVE-2006-0554) A local Denial of Service vulnerability was found in the NFS client module. By opening a file on an NFS share with O_DIRECT and performing some special operations on it, a local attacker could trigger a kernel crash. (CVE-2006-0555) The ELF binary loader did not sufficiently verify some addresses in the ELF headers. By attempting to execute a specially crafted program, a local attacker could exploit this to trigger a recursive loop of kernel errors, which finally ended in a kernel crash. This only affects the amd64 architecture on Intel processors (EMT64). (CVE-2006-0741) The die_if_kernel() function was incorrectly declared as last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 21070 published 2006-03-13 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2006-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2006-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/21070 title Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : linux-source-2.6.8.1/-2.6.10/-2.6.12 vulnerabilities (USN-263-1)
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| accepted | 2013-04-29T04:20:18.933-04:00 | ||||||||||||
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| description | Race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies the data into kernel memory. | ||||||||||||
| family | unix | ||||||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9566 | ||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||
| submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||||||
| title | Race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies the data into kernel memory. | ||||||||||||
| version | 26 |
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21465
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22417
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/23894
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17084
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25354
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9566
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/263-1/