Integer overflow in the envwrite function in the Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs Plan 9 kernel allows local users to overwrite certain memory addresses with kernel memory via a large n argument, as demonstrated by (1) modifying the iseve function to gain privileges and (2) making the devpermcheck function grant unrestricted device permissions.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2007-03-02T19:00:00
Updated: 2017-10-10T00:57:01
Reserved: 2007-03-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-1189
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2007-03-02T21:18:00.000
Modified: 2017-10-11T01:31:46.610
Link: CVE-2007-1189
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