CVE-2004-2607

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-2607
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionA numeric casting discrepancy in sdla_xfer in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.5 and 2.4 up to 2.4.29-rc1 allows local users to read portions of kernel memory via a large len argument, which is received as an int but cast to a short, which prevents a read loop from filling a buffer.

Risk And Classification

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

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test10 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test11 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test12 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test8 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test9 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 All x86 All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre8 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.22 pre10 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.23 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.23 pre9 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.23_ow2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.24 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.24_ow1 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 2.4.27 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.27 pre5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.28 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.29 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.29 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.27 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mandriva update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Linux-Kernel Archive: Re: [CHECKER] Probable security holes in 2.6.5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.uwsg.iu.edu
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Linux-Kernel Archive: Re: [CHECKER] Probable security holes in 2.6.5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.uwsg.iu.edu Exploit
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1018-2 kernel-source-2.4.27 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wwwnew.mandriva.com
Linux Kernel SDLA_XFER Kernel Memory Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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