CVE-2003-0961

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0961
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-15 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the do_brk function for the brk system call in Linux kernel 2.4.22 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'[iSEC] Linux kernel do_brk() vulnerability details' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-470-1 linux-kernel-2.4.17-hppa af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for Kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
'Hot fix for do_brk bug' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake update for Kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-475-1 linux-kernel-2.4.18-hppa af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-440-1 linux-kernel-2.4.17-powerpc-apus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-450-1 linux-kernel-2.4.19-mips af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-439-1 linux-kernel-2.4.16-arm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for Kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Securityin a digital world af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 isec.pl
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-433-1 kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-423-1 linux-kernel-2.4.17-ia64 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
Secunia - Advisories - Astaro update for Kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-442-1 linux-kernel-2.4.17-s390 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Linux Kernel "do_brk()" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-417-1 linux-kernel-2.4.18-powerpc+alpha af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
'SmoothWall Project Security Advisory SWP-2004:001' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#301156 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-403-1 kernel-image-2.4.18-1-alpha, kernel-image-2.4.18-1-i386, kernel-source-2.4.18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Mandriva Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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