Oval Definition:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:837
Revision Date: 2007-04-25 Version: 21 Title: Red Hat Linux Kernel do_mremap Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Description: The do_mremap function for the mremap system call in Linux 2.2 to 2.2.25, 2.4 to 2.4.24, and 2.6 to 2.6.2, does not properly check the return value from the do_munmap function when the maximum number of VMA descriptors is exceeded, which allows local users to gain root privileges, a different vulnerability than CAN-2003-0985. Family: unix Class: vulnerability Status: ACCEPTED Reference(s): CVE-2004-0077 Platform(s): Red Hat Linux 9 Product(s): mremap Definition Synopsis Red Hat 9 is installed AND ix86 architecture AND Vulnerable Configuration kernel version is less than 2.4.20-30.9 OR kernel-smp version is less than 2.4.20-30.9 OR kernel-bigmem version is less than 2.4.20-30.9
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