A race condition in the way env_start and env_end pointers are initialized in the execve system call and used in fs/proc/base.c on Linux 2.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).Referenceshttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-238.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-198.htmlhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-239.htmlhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A309http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-358
