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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel 2.4.0 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component kmod. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The bug was discovered 03/20/2004. The weakness was shared 04/15/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at patches.sgi.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1040 since 03/17/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12469 (RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2004:069)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat 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 (15577) and Tenable (12469).
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Nessus ID: 12469
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2004:069)
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Timeline
03/05/2004 🔍03/17/2004 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: patches.sgi.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2003-1040 (🔍)
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X-Force: 15577
Vulnerability Center: 22178 - Linux Kernel 2.4.0 kmod Local Denial of Service Vulnerability, Medium
OSVDB: 9595 - CVE-2003-1040 - Linux Kernel - Denial-of-service
Entry
Created: 10/16/2014 11:15Updated: 09/05/2019 06:32
Changes: 10/16/2014 11:15 (64), 09/05/2019 06:32 (5)
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