CVE-2004-1337

Summary

CVECVE-2004-1337
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-23 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionThe POSIX Capability Linux Security Module (LSM) for Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly handle the credentials of a process that is launched before the module is loaded, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Conectiva Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Gnu Realtime Linux Security Module 0.8.7 All All All
Application Gnu Realtime Linux Security Module 0.8.7 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ppc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ppc All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Security Modules Process Capabilities Design Error Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'Linux 2.6 Kernel Capability LSM Module Local Privilege Elevation' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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