CVE-2004-0997

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0997
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in the ptrace MIPS assembly code in Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.17 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test10 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test11 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test12 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test8 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 test9 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1067-1 kernel-source-2.4.16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
svn.debian.org/wsvn/kernel/patch-tracking/CVE-2004-0997 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1082-1 kernel-source-2.4.17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Linux Kernel MIPS Ptrace Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
kernel.debian.net/debian/pool/main/kernel-source-2.4.17/kernel-source-2.4.17_2.... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kernel.debian.net Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1070-1 kernel-source-2.4.19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1069-1 kernel-source-2.4.18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
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