CVE-2004-0177

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0177
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-06-01 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe ext3 code in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26 does not properly initialize journal descriptor blocks, which causes an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the ext3 file system, which allows privileged users to obtain portions of kernel memory by reading the raw device.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-491-1 linux-kernel-2.4.19-mips af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-482-1 linux-kernel-2.4.17-apus+s390 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-481-1 linux-kernel-2.4.17-ia64 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Advisories News - LinuxSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linuxsecurity.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-126.shtml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-479-1 linux-kernel-2.4.18-alpha+i386+powerpc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Linux Kernel EXT3 File System Information Leakage Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-127.shtml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.4/cset%404056b368s6vpJbGWxDD_LhQNYQrdzQ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.bkbits.net
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-495-1 linux-kernel-2.4.16-arm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-480-1 linux-kernel-2.4.17+2.4.18-hppa af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
'TSLSA-2004-0020 - kernel' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.fedora.us
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-121.shtml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-489-1 linux-kernel-2.4.17-mips+mipsel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
MISC:http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@4056b368s6vpJbGWxDD_LhQNYQrdzQ MITRE linux.bkbits.net
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