#VU99741 Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2003-0462 

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#VU99741 Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2003-0462

Published: August 27, 2003 / Updated: November 5, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU99741
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2003-0462
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.

A race condition in the way env_start and env_end pointers are initialized in the execve system call and used in fs/proc/base.c on Linux 2.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).


Remediation

Install update from vendor's repository.

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