CVE-2004-1983 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in PaX ASLR implementation when enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-1983?
CVE-2004-1983 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, published on 10 May 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The arch_get_unmapped_area function in mmap.c in the PaX patches for Linux kernel 2.6, when Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1983?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Gentoo Linux, The Pax Team Pax Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1983?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1983 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-1983 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1983 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Gentoo Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8mvh-8fhc-49qf.