CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2003-0961

Published: Dec 15, 2003 | Modified: Oct 18, 2016
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED

Integer overflow in the do_brk function for the brk system call in Linux kernel 2.4.22 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * 2.4.22 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 RedHat *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 RedHat *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 RedHat *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 RedHat *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 RedHat *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux 7.1 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux 7.2 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux 7.3 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux 8.0 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux 9 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 RedHat *
Kernel-source-2.4.27 Ubuntu dapper *
Kernel-source-2.4.27 Ubuntu edgy *

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