Candidate: CVE-2005-1263 References: BUGTRAQ:20050511 Linux kernel ELF core dump privilege elevation URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/397966 MISC:http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0023-coredump.txt FRSIRT:ADV-2005-0524 URL:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/0524 OVAL:OVAL1122 URL:http://oval.mitre.org/oval/definitions/data/oval1122.html Description: The elf_core_dump function in binfmt_elf.c for Linux kernel 2.x.x to 2.2.27-rc2, 2.4.x to 2.4.31-pre1, and 2.6.x to 2.6.12-rc4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an ELF binary that, in certain conditions involving the create_elf_tables function, causes a negative length argument to pass a signed integer comparison, leading to a buffer overflow. Notes: Bugs: upstream: released (2.2.27-rc2, 2.4.31-pre1, 2.6.12-rc4) linux-2.6: N/A 2.6.8-sarge-security: released (2.6.8-16) 2.4.27-sarge-security: released (2.4.27-10) 2.4.19-woody-security: 2.4.18-woody-security: 2.4.17-woody-security: 2.4.16-woody-security: 2.4.17-woody-security-hppa: 2.4.17-woody-security-ia64: 2.4.18-woody-security-hppa: