CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2003-1040

Published: Apr 15, 2004 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
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

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.0 (including) 2.4.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 RedHat kernel-0:2.4.21-15.EL *
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 ES version 2.1 RedHat *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux 9 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 RedHat *

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