CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2002-1963

Published: Dec 31, 2002 | Modified: Sep 05, 2008
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Linux kernel 2.4.1 through 2.4.19 sets roots NR_RESERVED_FILES limit to 10 files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by opening 10 setuid binaries.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.15 2.4.15
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.11 2.4.11
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.19 2.4.19
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.12 2.4.12
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.13 2.4.13
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.19 2.4.19
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.17 2.4.17
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.7 2.4.7
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.9 2.4.9
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.19 2.4.19
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.10 2.4.10
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.2 2.4.2
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.19 2.4.19
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.16 2.4.16
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.8 2.4.8
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.19 2.4.19
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.14 2.4.14
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.18 2.4.18
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.19 2.4.19
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.5 2.4.5
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.18 2.4.18
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.3 2.4.3
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.1 2.4.1
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.4 2.4.4
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.6 2.4.6

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