Bug 248325 (CVE-2007-3105) - CVE-2007-3105 Bound check ordering issue in random driver
Summary: CVE-2007-3105 Bound check ordering issue in random driver
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2007-3105
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 275941 275951 275961 275971
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-07-16 05:15 UTC by Marcel Holtmann
Modified: 2021-11-12 19:40 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-11-01 13:33:30 UTC

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2007:0939 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security update 2008-01-07 18:58:13 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2007:0940 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security update 2007-10-22 10:52:41 UTC

Description Marcel Holtmann 2007-07-16 05:15:59 UTC 
Bug reported by the PaX Team <pageexec>

If root raised the default wakeup threshold over the size of the
output pool, the pool transfer function could overflow the stack with
RNG bytes, causing a DoS or potential privilege escalation.
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