FreeBSD i386_set_ldt Integer Overflow Vulnerability iDefense Security Advisory 09.23.06 http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/ Sep 23, 2006 I. BACKGROUND FreeBSD is a modern operating system for x86, amd64, Alpha, IA-64, PC-98 and SPARC architectures. It's based on the UNIX operating system, BSD, which was created at the University of California, Berkeley. More information can be obtained from the FreeBSD Project web site at http://www.FreeBSD.org/ II. DESCRIPTION Local exploitation of a input validation error in the FreeBSD Project's i386_set_ldt() kernel implementation could allow attackers to create a kernel panic, leading to a denial of service condition on the affected computer. III. ANALYSIS Exploitation of this vulnerability would result in a denial of service condition on the affected host. There is a potential for arbitrary code execution in kernel context due to the way this function manipulates kernel heap memory. IV. DETECTION iDefense has confirmed the existence of this problem in FreeBSD 5.5. It is suspected that versions as early as 5.2 are also affected. V. WORKAROUND iDefense is not aware of any workaround for this issue. VI. VENDOR RESPONSE "It appears that the problem you have discovered was fixed in revision 1.96 of src/sys/i386/i386/sys_machdep.c on March 23, 2005, after being found by the Coverity Prevent analysis tool; the commit message at the time documented this as a local denial of service bug. The policy of the FreeBSD Security Team is that local denial of service bugs not be treated as security issues; it is possible that this problem will be corrected in a future Erratum." VII. CVE INFORMATION The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2006-4172 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for security problems. VIII. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE 08/16/2006 Initial vendor notification 08/16/2006 Initial vendor response 09/23/2006 Public disclosure IX. CREDIT The discoverer of this vulnerability wishes to remain anonymous. Get paid for vulnerability research http://www.idefense.com/methodology/vulnerability/vcp.php Free tools, research and upcoming events http://labs.idefense.com/ X. LEGAL NOTICES Copyright © 2006 iDefense, Inc. Permission is granted for the redistribution of this alert electronically. It may not be edited in any way without the express written consent of iDefense. If you wish to reprint the whole or any part of this alert in any other medium other than electronically, please email customerservice@private for permission. Disclaimer: The information in the advisory is believed to be accurate at the time of publishing based on currently available information. Use of the information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are no warranties with regard to this information. Neither the author nor the publisher accepts any liability for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss or damage arising from use of, or reliance on, this information.
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