CVE-2003-0986

Severity

17%

Complexity

31%

Confidentiality

48%

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 crosses security boundaries and allows local users to cause a denial of service.

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 crosses security boundaries and allows local users to cause a denial of service.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Linux Kernel

First reported 21 years ago

2003-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test10

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test11

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test12

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test2

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test3

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test4

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test5

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test6

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test7

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test8

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test9

2.4.0

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre1

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre2

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre3

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre4

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre5

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre6

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre7

2.4.18

Linux Kernel 2.4.18 pre8

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

Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre1

2.4.21

Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre4

2.4.21

Linux Kernel 2.4.21 pre7

2.4.21

Linux Kernel 2.4.22 pre10

2.4.22

Linux Kernel 2.4.23

2.4.23

Linux Kernel 2.4.23 pre9

2.4.23

Linux Kernel 2.4.24

2.4.24

Linux Kernel 2.6.0

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6.1 Release Candidate 1

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.1 Release Candidate 2

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.2

2.6.2

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