CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel 2.2.19 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component strnlen_user. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:
Unknown vulnerabilities in strnlen_user for Linux kernel before 2.2.19, with unknown impact.
The bug was discovered 04/09/2001. The weakness was disclosed 04/17/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1396. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38953 (Debian DSA-047-1 : kernel), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11167) and Tenable (38953). The entries 16586, 16587, 16588 and 16589 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9
VulDB Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Temp Score: 4.9
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 38953
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-047-1 : kernel
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OpenVAS ID: 53864
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 047-1 (various kernel packages)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/09/2001 🔍04/09/2001 🔍
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09/29/2004 🔍
05/22/2007 🔍
07/03/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2001-1396 (🔍)
X-Force: 11167
Vulnerability Center: 15202 - Linux Kernel strnlen_user Vulnerabilities, High
SecurityFocus: 2529
OSVDB: 9580 - CVE-2001-1396 - Linux - Unspecified Issue
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Entry
Created: 07/03/2014 16:36Updated: 07/19/2019 16:49
Changes: 07/03/2014 16:36 (68), 07/19/2019 16:49 (5)
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