[VulnWatch] do_brk() vulnerability on SGI Altix systems

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Date: Tue Dec 02 2003 - 15:22:29 PST

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      Title     : do_brk() vulnerability on SGI Altix systems
      Number    : 20031201-01-A
      Date      : December 2, 2003
      Reference : Red Hat Advisory RHSA-2003:389-07, CAN-2003-0961, SGI BUG 901346
      Fixed in  : SGI ProPack v2.3
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    SGI acknowledges the do_brk() vulnerability reported by Redhat:
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-389.html
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0961
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