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CVE-2003-0961 (GCVE-0-2003-0961)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-12-02 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:12
VLAI
Summary
Integer overflow in the do_brk function for the brk system call in Linux kernel 2.4.22 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://isec.pl/papers/linux_kernel_do_brk.pdf x_refsource_MISC
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-442 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-470 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2003-12-01 00:00
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