Bug 140797

Summary:	Execution of arbitrary command with elevated provilege (as root) using an exploit on /proc filesystem
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Philippe GASSMANN <phil>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	critical
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Philippe GASSMANN 2006-07-17 09:09:23 UTC

Please, checkout this : http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/2013

It allows a local user who can compile this to have a shell as the root user...

Linux kernel <= 2.6.17.4 are concerned.

Comment 1 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-07-17 09:11:50 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 140444 ***