PT-2003-1975 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2003-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2003-0959

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel version 2.4 before 2.4.21

Description The issue is related to multiple integer overflows in the 32bit emulation for AMD64 architectures. This can be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges via unspecified vectors that trigger copy from user function calls with improper length arguments.

Recommendations For Linux kernel version 2.4 before 2.4.21, update to version 2.4.21 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0959

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0959 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43072 · Note
• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%403ed382f7UfJ9Q2LKCJq1Tc5B7-EC5A · Note