CVE-2004-1072 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2004-1072 at MITRE

Description

The binfmt_elf loader (binfmt_elf.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.8, may create an interpreter name string that is not NULL terminated, which could cause strings longer than PATH_MAX to be used, leading to buffer overflows that allow local users to cause a denial of service (hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.2
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 60632 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 74701 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2004:042, published Wednesday, Dec 1st 2004 15:00 MEST
SUSE-SR:2004:002, published Tuesday, Nov 30th 2004 14:00 MEST
SUSE-SR:2004:003, published Tuesday, Dec 7th 2004 15:00 MEST

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:03:29 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:36 2025