CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0091

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Unknown vulnerability in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel 4GB/4GB split patch, when using the hugemem kernel, allows local users to read and write to arbitrary kernel memory and gain privileges via certain syscalls.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization is the possibility of a local user gaining full control over the system, which could lead to a breach of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the kernel to a version that fixes this vulnerability, following Red Hat's advisories.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Unknown vulnerability in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel 4GB/4GB split patch, when using the hugemem kernel, allows local users to read and write to arbitrary kernel memory and gain privileges via certain syscalls.

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