Executive Summary

Summary
Title Updated kernel packages address security vulnerabilities, bugfixes
Informations
Name RHSA-2003:408 First vendor Publication 2003-12-19
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2003-12-19
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 00

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:P/I:N/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

Problem Description:

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-408.html

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:327
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:327
Title: Linux Kernel execve Read Access to Restricted File Descriptors
Description: The execve system call in Linux 2.4.x records the file descriptor of the executable process in the file table of the calling process, which allows local users to gain read access to restricted file descriptors.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2003-0476
Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Linux 9
Product(s): Linux kernel
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 358-1 (linux-kernel-i386, linux-kernel-alpha)
File : nvt/deb_358_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 423-1 (kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64)
File : nvt/deb_423_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
10296 Linux Kernel execve System Call Arbitrary File Descriptor Read

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-358.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-423.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-31 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2003-074.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2003-408.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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