Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2003-1040 First vendor Publication 2004-04-15
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-1040

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9423
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9423
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.
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 Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2003-1040
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
9595 Linux Kernel kmod Signal Handling Local DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2004-069.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2004-188.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/diffs/kernel/kmod.c%401.6?nav=index.ht...
Source Url
CONECTIVA http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000820
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-065.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-069.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-106.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
SGI ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040204-01-U.asc
SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_049_kernel.html
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15577

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