CVE-2004-0565

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0565
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-06 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionFloating point information leak in the context switch code for Linux 2.4.x only checks the MFH bit but does not verify the FPH owner, which allows local users to read register values of other processes by setting the MFH bit.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.2 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.2 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1 All All All
Application Mandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 8.2 All All All
Application Mandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 8.2 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1067-1 kernel-source-2.4.16 DEBIAN www.debian.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1070-1 kernel-source-2.4.19 DEBIAN www.debian.org
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1082-1 kernel-source-2.4.17 DEBIAN www.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Linux Kernel Floating Point Register Contents Leak Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.16 SECUNIA secunia.com
Neohapsis Archives - Owl Linux discussion - #0038 - Linux 2.4.26-ow2 MLIST archives.neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.18 SECUNIA secunia.com
124734 – CAN-2004-0565 Information leak on Linux/ia64 MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.17 SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1069-1 kernel-source-2.4.18 DEBIAN www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.19 SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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