CVE-2004-0554

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0554
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-08-06 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionLinux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x for x86 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), possibly via an infinite loop that triggers a signal handler with a certain sequence of fsave and frstor instructions, as originally demonstrated using a "crash.c" program.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Avaya Converged Communications Server 2.0 All All All
Application Avaya Intuity Audix All All lx All
Operating System Avaya Modular Messaging Message Storage Server s3400 All All All
Hardware Avaya S8300 r2.0.0 All All All
Hardware Avaya S8300 r2.0.1 All All All
Hardware Avaya S8500 r2.0.0 All All All
Hardware Avaya S8500 r2.0.1 All All All
Hardware Avaya S8700 r2.0.0 All All All
Hardware Avaya S8700 r2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.21 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.22 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.23 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.24 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.25 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.26 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.1 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.1 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.6 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.7 rc1 All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All advanced_servers All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All workstation All
Application Suse Suse Email Server 3.1 All All All
Application Suse Suse Email Server iii All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.0 All i386 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.1 All All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Admin-cd For Firewall All All All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Connectivity Server All All All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Database Server All All All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Firewall Cd All All All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Office Server All All All All
Application Suse Suse Office Server All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#973654 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
404 Page Not Found | SUSE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1067-1 kernel-source-2.4.16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'timer + fpu stuff locks my console race' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[ESA-20040621-005] 'kernel' Several vulnerabilities' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1082-1 kernel-source-2.4.17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
sources.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gcc.gnu.org
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
June 11th, 2004: New Kernel Crash-Exploit discovered - LinuxReviews af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linuxreviews.org
Linux Kernel Floating Point Exception Handler Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1070-1 kernel-source-2.4.19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
LWN: Fedora alert FEDORA-2004-186 (kernel) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lwn.net
www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0034 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.net
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1069-1 kernel-source-2.4.18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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