CVE-2002-1963

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

Linux kernel 2.4.1 through 2.4.19 sets root's NR_RESERVED_FILES limit to 10 files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by opening 10 setuid binaries.

Linux kernel 2.4.1 through 2.4.19 sets root's NR_RESERVED_FILES limit to 10 files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by opening 10 setuid binaries.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Linux Kernel

First reported 22 years ago

2002-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:31:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.4.1

2.4.1

Linux Kernel 2.4.2

2.4.2

Linux Kernel 2.4.3

2.4.3

Linux Kernel 2.4.4

2.4.4

Linux Kernel 2.4.5

2.4.5

Linux Kernel 2.4.6

2.4.6

Linux Kernel 2.4.7

2.4.7

Linux Kernel 2.4.8

2.4.8

Linux Kernel 2.4.9

2.4.9

Linux Kernel 2.4.10

2.4.10

Linux Kernel 2.4.11

2.4.11

Linux Kernel 2.4.12

2.4.12

Linux Kernel 2.4.13

2.4.13

Linux Kernel 2.4.14

2.4.14

Linux Kernel 2.4.15

2.4.15

Linux Kernel 2.4.16

2.4.16

Linux Kernel 2.4.17

2.4.17

Linux Kernel 2.4.18

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre1

2.4.19

Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre2

2.4.19

Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre3

2.4.19

Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre4

2.4.19

Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre5

2.4.19

Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre6

2.4.19

References

20020707 Linux kernels DoSable by file-max limit

linux-file-limit-dos(9515)

20020708 Re: Linux kernels DoSable by file-max limit

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