Upstream information

CVE-2005-0532 at MITRE

Description

The reiserfs_copy_from_user_to_file_region function in reiserfs/file.c for Linux kernel 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 before 2.6.11-rc4, when running on 64-bit architectures, may allow local users to trigger a buffer overflow as a result of casting discrepancies between size_t and int data types.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 65318 [RESOLVED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86_64
  • kernel-default >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • kernel-smp >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • kernel-source >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • kernel-syms >= 2.6.5-7.151
 suse91.x86-64
YOU Patch Nr: 9962
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86
  • kernel-bigsmp >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • kernel-default >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • kernel-smp >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • kernel-source >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • kernel-syms >= 2.6.5-7.151
 suse91.x86
YOU Patch Nr: 9965
Open Enterprise Server
  • kernel-bigsmp >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • kernel-debug >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • kernel-default >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • kernel-smp >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • kernel-source >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • kernel-syms >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • kernel-um >= 2.6.5-7.151
  • um-host-install-initrd >= 1.0-48.6
  • um-host-kernel >= 2.6.5-7.151
 suse91.x86
YOU Patch Nr: 9965