fkie_cve-2003-1040
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2004-04-15 04:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
kmod in the Linux kernel does not set its uid, suid, gid, or sgid to 0, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending certain signals to kmod.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040204-01-U.asc
cve@mitre.orghttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000820
cve@mitre.orghttp://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/diffs/kernel/kmod.c%401.6?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/kernel%7Chist/kernel/kmod.c
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_049_kernel.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-065.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-069.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-106.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15577
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9423
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040204-01-U.asc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000820
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/diffs/kernel/kmod.c%401.6?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/kernel%7Chist/kernel/kmod.c
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_049_kernel.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-065.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-069.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-106.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15577
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9423
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel 2.4.0



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