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CVE-2004-0496 (GCVE-0-2004-0496)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-07-06 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:17
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Summary
Multiple unknown vulnerabilities in Linux kernel 2.6 allow local users to gain privileges or access kernel memory, a different set of vulnerabilities than those identified in CVE-2004-0495, as found by the Sparse source code checking tool.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2004-07-02 00:00
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