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CVE-2003-0018 (GCVE-0-2003-0018)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:36
VLAI
Summary
Linux kernel 2.4.10 through 2.4.21-pre4 does not properly handle the O_DIRECT feature, which allows local attackers with write privileges to read portions of previously deleted files, or cause file system corruption.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-025.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11249.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?n… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6763 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%403e2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-358 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2003-02-04 00:00
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