CVE-2003-1040
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.6%
kmod in the Linux kernel does not set its uid, suid, gid, or sgid to 0, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending certain signals to kmod.
Affected configurations
References
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040204-01-U.asc
distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000820
linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/diffs/kernel/kmod.c%401.6?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/kernel%7Chist/kernel/kmod.c
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_049_kernel.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-065.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-069.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-106.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15577
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9423
Related
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.6%