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CVE-2004-0177
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
The ext3 code in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26 does not properly initialize journal descriptor blocks, which causes an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the ext3 file system, which allows privileged users to obtain portions of kernel memory by reading the raw device..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 5/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-166.html
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-4285.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-495
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-479
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-480
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-481
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-482
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-489
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-491
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@4056b368s6vpJbGWxDD_LhQNYQrdzQ
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-121.shtml
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-126.shtml
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-127.shtml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10152
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000846
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-504.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-505.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:029
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108213675028441&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15867
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1