SB2003082704 - Race condition in Linux kernel
Published: August 27, 2003 Updated: November 5, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2003082704
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2003-0462)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.
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).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-358
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-198.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-238.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-239.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A309