CVE-2004-0565

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0565
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-06 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux All 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 Corporate Server 2.1 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1067-1 kernel-source-2.4.16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Neohapsis Archives - Owl Linux discussion - #0038 - Linux 2.4.26-ow2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
124734 – CAN-2004-0565 Information leak on Linux/ia64 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1082-1 kernel-source-2.4.17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Linux Kernel Floating Point Register Contents Leak Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1070-1 kernel-source-2.4.19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1069-1 kernel-source-2.4.18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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