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ID CVE-2003-1040
Summary kmod in the Linux kernel does not set its uid, suid, gid, or sgid to 0, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending certain signals to kmod.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 2.1 (as of 13-08-2018 - 21:47)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
LOCAL LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE NONE PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
oval via4
accepted 2013-04-29T04:19:19.190-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Aharon Chernin
    organization SCAP.com, LLC
  • name Dragos Prisaca
    organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782
  • comment CentOS Linux 3.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651
description kmod in the Linux kernel does not set its uid, suid, gid, or sgid to 0, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending certain signals to kmod.
family unix
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9423
status accepted
submitted 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
title kmod in the Linux kernel does not set its uid, suid, gid, or sgid to 0, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending certain signals to kmod.
version 29
redhat via4
advisories
  • rhsa
    id RHSA-2004:065
  • rhsa
    id RHSA-2004:069
  • rhsa
    id RHSA-2004:106
  • rhsa
    id RHSA-2004:188
rpms
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-15.EL
  • kernel-BOOT-0:2.4.21-15.EL
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.4.21-15.EL
  • kernel-doc-0:2.4.21-15.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-0:2.4.21-15.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-unsupported-0:2.4.21-15.EL
  • kernel-smp-0:2.4.21-15.EL
  • kernel-smp-unsupported-0:2.4.21-15.EL
  • kernel-source-0:2.4.21-15.EL
  • kernel-unsupported-0:2.4.21-15.EL
refmap via4
conectiva CLSA-2004:820
confirm http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/diffs/kernel/kmod.c@1.6?nav=index.html|src/|src/kernel|hist/kernel/kmod.c
sgi 20040204-01-U
suse SuSE-SA:2003:049
xf linux-kmod-signals-dos(15577)
Last major update 13-08-2018 - 21:47
Published 15-04-2004 - 04:00
Last modified 13-08-2018 - 21:47
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