CVE-2004-0565

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

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 processes by setting the MFH bit.

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 processes by setting the MFH bit.

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

Overview

First reported 20 years ago

2004-12-06 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 8.2

8.2

Gentoo Linux

Linux Kernel 2.4.0

2.4.0

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 9.1

9.1

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 9.2

9.2

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 10.0

10.0

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1

2.1

Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2

2

Trustix Secure Linux 2.0

2.0

Trustix Secure Linux 2.1

2.1

Stay updated

ExploitPedia is constantly evolving. Sign up to receive a notification when we release additional functionality.

Get in touch

If you'd like to report a bug or have any suggestions for improvements then please do get in touch with us using this form. We will get back to you as soon as we can.