CVE-2004-2408

Summary

CVECVE-2004-2408
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionLinux VServer 1.27 and earlier, 1.3.9 and earlier, and 1.9.1 and earlier shares /proc permissions across all virtual and host servers, which allows local users with the ability to set permissions in /proc to obtain system information or cause a denial of service on other virtual servers or the host server.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.20 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.21 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.22 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.23 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.24 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.25 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.26 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.27 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.0 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.1 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.2 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.3 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.4 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.5 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.6 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.7 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.8 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.9 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.9.1 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.20 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.21 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.22 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.23 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.24 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.25 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.26 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.27 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.0 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.1 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.2 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.3 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.4 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.5 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.6 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.7 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.8 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.3.9 All All All
Application Vserver Linux-vserver 1.9.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux VServer Project ProcFS Weak Sharing Permissions Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
20040703 Linux Virtual Server/Secure Context procfs shared permissions flaw BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory
Change Log - Linux-VServer MISC linux-vserver.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - Linux VServer procfs Permission Weakness SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
7480 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Linux VServer procfs Permission Flaw Lets Local Users Change Permissions SECTRACK securitytracker.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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