About “Linux Kernel”

A curated feed of “Linux Kernel”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 20117 CVEs for this tag (all time). In the last 365 days, 6176 were published. Average CVSS is 6.4 (all time; 6.4 over 365d), and 35% are rated High/Critical (all time). Top CWEs (last 365 days): CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference, CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime, CWE-416 - Use After Free.

In our taxonomy this topic maps to a MODERATE impact class. Issues here typically affect operating system packages or kernels. Plan reboots or service restarts and coordinate rollouts across fleets. Use the filters below to sort by CVSS, risk and CWE. Each detail page highlights vendor advisories and mitigation tips.

CVEs tagged with this topic. Filters apply to the whole list (loaded from JSON).

CVSS ≥ 0.0
2004-12-31
High

CVE-2004-1144

Unknown vulnerability in the 32bit emulation code in Linux 2.4 on AMD64 systems allows local users to gain privileges.

Low

CVE-2004-1234

load_elf_binary in Linux before 2.4.26 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an ELF binary in which the interpreter is NULL.

Medium

CVE-2004-1343

CVS 1.12 and earlier on Debian GNU/Linux does not properly handle when a mapping for the current repository does not exist in the cvs-repouids file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

High

CVE-2004-1452

Tomcat before 5.0.27-r3 in Gentoo Linux sets the default permissions on the init scripts as tomcat:tomcat, but executes the scripts with root privileges, which could allow local users in the tomcat g…

Critical

CVE-2004-1486

Unknown vulnerability in Serviceguard A.11.13 through A.11.16.00 and Cluster Object Manager A.01.03 and B.01.04 through B.03.00.01 on HP-UX, Serviceguard A.11.14.04 and A.11.15.04 and Cluster Object…

High

CVE-2004-1762

Unknown vulnerability in F-Secure Anti-Virus (FSAV) 4.52 for Linux before Hotfix 3 allows the Sober.D worm to bypass FASV.

High

CVE-2004-2013

Integer overflow in the SCTP_SOCKOPT_DEBUG_NAME SCTP socket option in socket.c in the Linux kernel 2.4.25 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an optlen value of -1, which cau…

Low

CVE-2004-2097

Multiple scripts on SuSE Linux 9.0 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/fvwm-bug created by fvwm-bug, (2) /tmp/wmmenu created by wm-oldmenu2new, (3) /tmp/ra…

Medium

CVE-2004-2251

The PPTP server in Astaro Security Linux before 4.024 provides information about its version, which makes it easier for remote attackers to construct specialized attacks.

Medium

CVE-2004-2252

The firewall in Astaro Security Linux before 4.024 sends responses to SYN-FIN packets, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain information about the system and construct specialized atta…

Low

CVE-2004-2276

F-Secure Anti-Virus 5.41 and 5.42 on Windows, Client Security 5.50 and 5.52, 4.60 for Samba Servers, and 4.52 and earlier for Linux does not properly detect certain viruses in a PKZip archive, which…

Low

CVE-2004-2302

Race condition in the sysfs_read_file and sysfs_write_file functions in Linux kernel before 2.6.10 allows local users to read kernel memory and cause a denial of service (crash) via large offsets in…

Low

CVE-2004-2408

Linux VServer 1.27 and earlier, 1.3.9 and earlier, and 1.9.1 and earlier shares /proc permissions across all virtual and host servers, which allows local users with the ability to set permissions in…

Medium

CVE-2004-2442

Multiple interpretation error in various F-Secure Anti-Virus products, including Workstation 5.43 and earlier, Windows Servers 5.50 and earlier, MIMEsweeper 5.50 and earlier, Anti-Virus for Linux Ser…

Medium

CVE-2004-2462

cplay 1.49 on Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the cplay_control temporary file.

High

CVE-2004-2536

The exit_thread function (process.c) in Linux kernel 2.6 through 2.6.5 does not invalidate the per-TSS io_bitmap pointers if a process obtains IO access permissions from the ioperm function but does…

Medium

CVE-2004-2564

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sambar Server 6.1 Beta 2 on Windows, and possibly other versions on Linux, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1)…

Medium

CVE-2004-2565

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Sambar Server 6.1 Beta 2 on Windows, and possibly other versions on Linux, when the administrative IP address restrictions have been modified from the…

Low

CVE-2004-2569

ipmenu 0.0.3 before Debian GNU/Linux ipmenu_0.0.3-5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the ipmenu.log temporary file.

Medium

CVE-2004-2595

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Quake II server before R1Q2 on Linux, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a download co…

Low

CVE-2004-2607

A numeric casting discrepancy in sdla_xfer in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.5 and 2.4 up to 2.4.29-rc1 allows local users to read portions of kernel memory via a large len argument, which is received…

Critical

CVE-2004-2613

Unspecified vulnerability in procfs in the Linux-VServer stable branch for the 2.4 kernel before 1.23 and Linux-VServer development branch for the 2.4 kernel before 1.3.5 has unspecified impact and a…

Medium

CVE-2004-2660

Memory leak in direct-io.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain O_DIRECT (direct IO) write requests.

Medium

CVE-2004-2731

Multiple integer overflows in Sbus PROM driver (drivers/sbus/char/openprom.c) for the Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, 2.6.x up to 2.6.7, and possibly later versions, allow local users to execute arb…

2004-12-23
Low

CVE-2004-0563

The tspc.conf configuration file in freenet6 before 0.9.6 and before 1.0 on Debian Linux has world readable permissions, which could allow local users to gain sensitive information, such as a usernam…

Medium

CVE-2004-0685

Certain USB drivers in the Linux 2.4 kernel use the copy_to_user function on uninitialized structures, which could allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading memory that was not cle…

Low

CVE-2004-0814

Multiple race conditions in the terminal layer in Linux 2.4.x, and 2.6.x before 2.6.9, allow (1) local users to obtain portions of kernel data via a TIOCSETD ioctl call to a terminal interface that i…

High

CVE-2004-0816

Integer underflow in the firewall logging rules for iptables in Linux before 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed IP packet.

High

CVE-2004-0833

Sendmail before 8.12.3 on Debian GNU/Linux, when using sasl and sasl-bin, uses a Sendmail configuration script with a fixed username and password, which could allow remote attackers to use Sendmail a…

High

CVE-2004-1337

The POSIX Capability Linux Security Module (LSM) for Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly handle the credentials of a process that is launched before the module is loaded, which allows local users to g…

2004-12-22
Medium

CVE-2004-1778

Skype 0.92.0.12 and 1.0.0.1 for Linux, and possibly other versions, creates the /usr/share/skype/lang directory with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to modify language files and…

2004-12-15
Low

CVE-2004-1333

Integer overflow in the vc_resize function in the Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a short new screen value, which leads to a…

Low

CVE-2004-1334

Integer overflow in the ip_options_get function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a cmsg_len that contains a -1, which leads to a bu…

Low

CVE-2004-1335

Memory leak in the ip_options_get function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly calling the ip_cmsg_send function.

2004-12-06
High

CVE-2004-0496

Multiple unknown vulnerabilities in Linux kernel 2.6 allow local users to gain privileges or access kernel memory, a different set of vulnerabilities than those identified in CVE-2004-0495, as found…

Low

CVE-2004-0497

Unknown vulnerability in Linux kernel 2.x may allow local users to modify the group ID of files, such as NFS exported files in kernel 2.4.

Low

CVE-2004-0565

Floating point information leak in the context switch code for Linux 2.4.x only checks the MFH bit but does not verify the FPH owner, which allows local users to read register values of other process…

Low

CVE-2004-0602

The binary compatibility mode for FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x does not properly handle certain Linux system calls, which could allow local users to access kernel memory to gain privileges or cause a system p…

High

CVE-2004-0619

Integer overflow in the ubsec_keysetup function for Linux Broadcom 5820 cryptonet driver allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative add…

Medium

CVE-2004-0626

The tcp_find_option function of the netfilter subsystem in Linux kernel 2.6, when using iptables and TCP options rules, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infini…

2004-11-23
Low

CVE-2004-0267

The (1) inoregupdate, (2) uniftest, or (3) unimove scripts in eTrust InoculateIT for Linux 6.0 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on files in /tmp.

Low

CVE-2004-0415

Linux kernel does not properly convert 64-bit file offset pointers to 32 bits, which allows local users to access portions of kernel memory.

2004-11-03
High

CVE-2004-0774

RealNetworks Helix Universal Server 9.0.2 for Linux and 9.0.3 for Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory exhaustion) via a POST request with a Content-Length hea…

Medium

CVE-2004-0911

telnetd for netkit 0.17 and earlier, and possibly other versions, on Debian GNU/Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (free of an invalid pointer), a different vulnerability than…

2004-08-18
High

CVE-2004-0228

Integer signedness error in the cpufreq proc handler (cpufreq_procctl) in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to gain privileges.

Medium

CVE-2004-0229

The framebuffer driver in Linux kernel 2.6.x does not properly use the fb_copy_cmap function, with unknown impact.

Low

CVE-2004-0394

A "potential" buffer overflow exists in the panic() function in Linux 2.4.x, although it may not be exploitable due to the functionality of panic.

Critical

CVE-2004-0630

The uudecoding feature in Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 and 5.0.6 for Unix and Linux, and possibly other versions including those before 5.0.9, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shel…

Critical

CVE-2004-0631

Buffer overflow in the uudecoding feature for Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 and 5.0.6 for Unix and Linux, and possibly other versions including those before 5.0.9, allows remote attackers to execute arb…

2004-08-06
High

CVE-2004-0447

Unknown vulnerability in Linux before 2.4.26 for IA64 allows local users to cause a denial of service, with unknown impact. NOTE: due to a typo, this issue was accidentally assigned CVE-2004-0477.…

High

CVE-2004-0495

Multiple unknown vulnerabilities in Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 allow local users to gain privileges or access kernel memory, as found by the Sparse source code checking tool.

Low

CVE-2004-0535

The e1000 driver for Linux kernel 2.4.26 and earlier does not properly initialize memory before using it, which allows local users to read portions of kernel memory. NOTE: this issue was originally…

Low

CVE-2004-0554

Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x for x86 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), possibly via an infinite loop that triggers a signal handler with a certain sequence of fsave and…

Medium

CVE-2004-0581

ksymoops-gznm script in Mandrake Linux 9.1 through 10.0, and Corporate Server 2.1, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on files in /tmp.

Low

CVE-2004-0587

Insecure permissions for the /proc/scsi/qla2300/HbaApiNode file in Linux allows local users to cause a denial of service.

Low

CVE-2004-0596

The Equalizer Load-balancer for serial network interfaces (eql.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service via a non-existent device name that triggers a null…

2004-07-27
High

CVE-2004-0717

Opera 7.51 for Windows and 7.50 for Linux does not properly prevent a frame in one domain from injecting content into a frame that belongs to another domain, which facilitates web site spoofing and o…

2004-07-07
High

CVE-2004-0424

Integer overflow in the ip_setsockopt function in Linux kernel 2.4.22 through 2.4.25 and 2.6.1 through 2.6.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via the…

Low

CVE-2004-0427

The do_fork function in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26, and 2.6.x before 2.6.6, does not properly decrement the mm_count counter when an error occurs after the mm_struct for a child process has been activ…

Low

CVE-2004-0473

Argument injection vulnerability in Opera before 7.50 does not properly filter "-" characters that begin a hostname in a telnet URI, which allows remote attackers to insert options to the resulting c…

Medium

CVE-2004-0482

Multiple integer overflows in (1) procfs_cmdline.c, (2) procfs_fpregs.c, (3) procfs_linux.c, (4) procfs_regs.c, (5) procfs_status.c, and (6) procfs_subr.c in procfs for OpenBSD 3.5 and earlier allow…

2004-06-01
Medium

CVE-2004-0109

Buffer overflow in the ISO9660 file system component for Linux kernel 2.4.x, 2.5.x and 2.6.x, allows local users with physical access to overflow kernel memory and execute arbitrary code via a malfor…

Low

CVE-2004-0133

The XFS file system code in Linux 2.4.x has an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the XFS file system, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by r…

Medium

CVE-2004-0177

The ext3 code in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26 does not properly initialize journal descriptor blocks, which causes an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the ext3 file…

Low

CVE-2004-0178

The OSS code for the Sound Blaster (sb16) driver in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26, when operating in 16 bit mode, does not properly handle certain sample sizes, which allows local users to cause a denial…

Low

CVE-2004-0181

The JFS file system code in Linux 2.4.x has an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the JFS file system, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by r…

2004-05-26
Low

CVE-2004-2135

cryptoloop on Linux kernel 2.6.x, when used on certain file systems with a block size 1024 or greater, has certain "IV computation" weaknesses that allow watermarked files to be detected without decr…

2004-05-06
Critical

CVE-2004-2004

The Live CD in SUSE LINUX 9.1 Personal edition is configured without a password for root, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via SSH.

2004-05-02
Low

CVE-2004-1983

The arch_get_unmapped_area function in mmap.c in the PaX patches for Linux kernel 2.6, when Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infi…

2004-04-15
Low

CVE-2003-1040

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.

High

CVE-2004-0217

The LiveUpdate capability (liveupdate.sh) in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 for Red Hat Linux allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/LiveUp…

2004-03-29
Medium

CVE-2003-0828

Buffer overflow in freesweep in Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 allows local users to gain "games" group privileges when processing environment variables.

2004-03-20
High

CVE-2004-1833

The admin.ib file in Borland Interbase 7.1 for Linux has default world writable permissions, which allows local users to gain database administrative privileges.

2004-03-15
Low

CVE-2004-0075

The Vicam USB driver in Linux before 2.4.25 does not use the copy_from_user function when copying data from userspace to kernel space, which crosses security boundaries and allows local users to caus…

High

CVE-2004-0186

smbmnt in Samba 2.x and 3.x on Linux 2.6, when installed setuid, allows local users to gain root privileges by mounting a Samba share that contains a setuid root program, whose setuid attributes are…

2004-03-03
Medium

CVE-2002-1574

Buffer overflow in the ixj telephony card driver in Linux before 2.4.20 has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Medium

CVE-2004-0003

Unknown vulnerability in Linux kernel before 2.4.22 allows local users to gain privileges, related to "R128 DRI limits checking."

High

CVE-2004-0010

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ncp_lookup function for ncpfs in Linux kernel 2.4.x allows local users to gain privileges.

High

CVE-2004-0077

The do_mremap function for the mremap system call in Linux 2.2 to 2.2.25, 2.4 to 2.4.24, and 2.6 to 2.6.2, does not properly check the return value from the do_munmap function when the maximum number…

Medium

CVE-2004-0080

The login program in util-linux 2.11 and earlier uses a pointer after it has been freed and reallocated, which could cause login to leak sensitive data.

2004-02-19
Low

CVE-2004-2136

dm-crypt on Linux kernel 2.6.x, when used on certain file systems with a block size 1024 or greater, has certain "IV computation" weaknesses that allow watermarked files to be detected without decryp…

2004-02-17
High

CVE-2003-0700

The C-Media PCI sound driver in Linux before 2.4.22 does not use the get_user function to access userspace in certain conditions, which crosses security boundaries and may facilitate the exploitation…

High

CVE-2004-0001

Unknown vulnerability in the eflags checking in the 32-bit ptrace emulation for the Linux kernel on AMD64 systems allows local users to gain privileges.

Low

CVE-2004-0058

Antivir / Linux 2.0.9-9, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .pid_antivir_$$ temporary file.

2004-02-09
Medium

CVE-2004-2092

eTrust InoculateIT for Linux 6.0 uses insecure permissions for multiple files and directories, including the application's registry and tmp directories, which allows local users to delete, modify, or…

2004-02-06
High

CVE-2004-2073

Linux-VServer 1.24 allows local users with root privileges on a virtual server to gain access to the filesystem outside the virtual server via a modified chroot-again exploit using the chmod command.

2004-01-29
Medium

CVE-2004-2133

Certain third-party packages for CVSup 16.1h, such as SuSE Linux, contain untrusted paths in the ELF RPATH fields of certain executables, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary code by ca…

2004-01-20
High

CVE-2003-0985

The mremap system call (do_mremap) in Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.21, and possibly other versions before 2.4.24, does not properly perform bounds checks, which allows local users to cause a denial…

Medium

CVE-2004-0029

Lotus Notes Domino 6.0.2 on Linux installs the notes.ini configuration file with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to modify the Notes configuration and gain privileges.

2004-01-05
Medium

CVE-2003-0984

Real time clock (RTC) routines in Linux kernel 2.4.23 and earlier do not properly initialize their structures, which could leak kernel data to user space.

2003-12-31
Low

CVE-2003-0956

Multiple race conditions in the handling of O_DIRECT in Linux kernel prior to version 2.4.22 could cause stale data to be returned from the disk when handling sparse files, or cause incorrect data to…

Critical

CVE-2003-0959

Multiple integer overflows in the 32bit emulation for AMD64 architectures in Linux 2.4 kernel before 2.4.21 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges via unspecified vecto…

Low

CVE-2003-0986

Various routines for the ppc64 architecture on Linux kernel 2.6 prior to 2.6.2 and 2.4 prior to 2.4.24 do not use the copy_from_user function when copying data from userspace to kernelspace, which cr…

High

CVE-2003-1161

exit.c in Linux kernel 2.6-test9-CVS, as stored on kernel.bkbits.net, was modified to contain a backdoor, which could allow local users to elevate their privileges by passing __WCLONE|__WALL to the s…

Medium

CVE-2003-1288

Multiple race conditions in Linux-VServer 1.22 with Linux kernel 2.4.23 and SMP allow local users to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) via unknown attack vectors related to the (1) s_info and (…

Medium

CVE-2003-1379

clarkconnectd in ClarkConnect Linux 1.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the server via the characters (1) A, which reveals the date and time, (2) F, (3) M, which reveals…

Low

CVE-2003-1399

eject 2.0.10, when installed setuid on systems such as SuSE Linux 7.3, generates different error messages depending on whether a specified file exists or not, which allows local users to obtain sensi…

Medium

CVE-2003-1538

susehelp in SuSE Linux 8.1, Enterprise Server 8, Office Server, and Openexchange Server 4 does not properly filter shell metacharacters, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands vi…

2003-12-15
High

CVE-2003-0961

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.

2003-11-17
Medium

CVE-2003-0846

SuSEconfig.javarunt in the javarunt package on SuSE Linux 7.3Pro allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .java_wrapper temporary file.

Medium

CVE-2003-0847

SuSEconfig.susewm in the susewm package on SuSE Linux 8.2Pro allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the susewm.$$ temporary file.

2003-10-27
Medium

CVE-2003-1138

The default configuration of Apache 2.0.40, as shipped with Red Hat Linux 9.0, allows remote attackers to list directory contents, even if auto indexing is turned off and there is a default web page…

2003-10-20
Medium

CVE-2003-0658

Docview before 1.1-18 in Caldera OpenLinux 3.1.1, SCO Linux 4.0, OpenServer 5.0.7, configures the Apache web server in a way that allows remote attackers to read arbitrary publicly readable files via…

Medium

CVE-2003-0739

VMware Workstation 4.0.1 for Linux, build 5289 and earlier, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

2003-09-17
High

CVE-2003-0767

Buffer overflow in RogerWilco graphical server 1.4.1.6 and earlier, dedicated server 0.32a and earlier for Windows, and 0.27 and earlier for Linux and BSD, allows remote attackers to cause a denial o…

2003-08-27
Medium

CVE-2003-0187

The connection tracking core of Netfilter for Linux 2.4.20, with CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK enabled or the ip_conntrack module loaded, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consu…

Low

CVE-2003-0461

/proc/tty/driver/serial in Linux 2.4.x reveals the exact number of characters used in serial links, which could allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information such as the length of pas…

Low

CVE-2003-0462

A race condition in the way env_start and env_end pointers are initialized in the execve system call and used in fs/proc/base.c on Linux 2.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).

Medium

CVE-2003-0464

The RPC code in Linux kernel 2.4 sets the reuse flag when sockets are created, which could allow local users to bind to UDP ports that are used by privileged services such as nfsd.

Medium

CVE-2003-0467

Unknown vulnerability in ip_nat_sack_adjust of Netfilter in Linux kernels 2.4.20, and some 2.5.x, when CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_FTP or CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_IRC is enabled, or the ip_nat_ftp or ip_nat_irc modules…

Medium

CVE-2003-0550

The STP protocol, as enabled in Linux 2.4.x, does not provide sufficient security by design, which allows attackers to modify the bridge topology.

Medium

CVE-2003-0551

The STP protocol implementation in Linux 2.4.x does not properly verify certain lengths, which could allow attackers to cause a denial of service.

Medium

CVE-2003-0552

Linux 2.4.x allows remote attackers to spoof the bridge Forwarding table via forged packets whose source addresses are the same as the target.

Medium

CVE-2003-0619

Integer signedness error in the decode_fh function of nfs3xdr.c in Linux kernel before 2.4.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a negative size value within XDR…

High

CVE-2003-0699

The C-Media PCI sound driver in Linux before 2.4.21 does not use the get_user function to access userspace, which crosses security boundaries and may facilitate the exploitation of vulnerabilities, a…

2003-08-18
Critical

CVE-2003-0252

Off-by-one error in the xlog function of mountd in the Linux NFS utils package (nfs-utils) before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via ce…

Medium

CVE-2003-0465

The kernel strncpy function in Linux 2.4 and 2.5 does not %NUL pad the buffer on architectures other than x86, as opposed to the expected behavior of strncpy as implemented in libc, which could lead…

2003-08-07
Low

CVE-2003-0476

The execve system call in Linux 2.4.x records the file descriptor of the executable process in the file table of the calling process, which allows local users to gain read access to restricted file d…

Low

CVE-2003-0480

VMware Workstation 4.0 for Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via "symlink manipulation."

Low

CVE-2003-0501

The /proc filesystem in Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information by opening various entries in /proc/self before executing a setuid program, which causes the program to fail to change…