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CVE-2010-0729

A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ...

Medium CVSS 6.9

Overview

A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on the ia64 platform allows local users to use ptrace on an arbitrary process, and consequently gain privileges, via vectors related to a missing ptrace_check_attach call.

CWE: CWE-264 Published: 2010-03-16T19:30:00.430
Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟡 MEDIUM.

  • CVSS: 6.9 (MEDIUM)
  • Detected tags: none (tag impact: LOW)

Recommended actions:

  • Prioritize remediation based on business criticality and exposure.
  • Limit exposure and increase monitoring until fixed.

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