CVE-2004-0228

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0228
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-08-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionInteger signedness error in the cpufreq proc handler (cpufreq_procctl) in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to gain 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 2.6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FedoraNEWS.ORG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
Secunia - Advisories - Linux Kernel Framebuffer Driver Direct Userspace Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Linux Kernel setsockopt MCAST_MSFILTER Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Linux Kernel CPUFREQ Proc Handler Kernel Memory Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
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