CVE-2004-0596

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

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 dereference.

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 dereference.

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 20 years ago

2004-08-06 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:30:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.6.0

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test1

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test10

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test11

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test2

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test3

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test4

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test5

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test6

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test7

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test8

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test9

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6.1

2.6.1

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

Linux Kernel 2.6.3

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.4

2.6.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.5

2.6.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.6

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.6 Release Candidate 1

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.7

2.6.7

References

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@40d4aa72hPLWy-jMLr0eJAXMxHcNZg

10730

Patch, Vendor Advisory

linux-eql-dos(16694)

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