Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2004-0491 First vendor Publication 2004-12-31
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-10-11

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:P/A:N)
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

The linux-2.4.21-mlock.patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not properly maintain the mlock page count when one process unlocks pages that belong to another process, which allows local users to mlock more memory than specified by the rlimit.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0491

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10672
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10672
Title: The linux-2.4.21-mlock.patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not properly maintain the mlock page count when one process unlocks pages that belong to another process, which allows local users to mlock more memory than specified by the rlimit.
Description: The linux-2.4.21-mlock.patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not properly maintain the mlock page count when one process unlocks pages that belong to another process, which allows local users to mlock more memory than specified by the rlimit.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2004-0491
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1117
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1117
Title: mlock Memory Page Tracking Vulnerability
Description: The linux-2.4.21-mlock.patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not properly maintain the mlock page count when one process unlocks pages that belong to another process, which allows local users to mlock more memory than specified by the rlimit.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2004-0491
Version: 1
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Product(s): Linux kernel
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
13932 Multiple Linux linux-2.4.21-mlock.patch mlock Memory Disclosure

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-07-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-472.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-05-28 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-472.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13769
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126411
MLIST http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108087017610947&w=2
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-472.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
SGI ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U

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