CVE-2004-0427 (GCVE-0-2004-0427)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-04-30 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:17
VLAI
Summary
The do_fork function in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26, and 2.6.x before 2.6.6, does not properly decrement the mm_count counter when an error occurs after the mm_struct for a child process has been activated, which triggers a memory leak that allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via the clone (CLONE_VM) system call.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2266 records in the last 180 days details
References
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http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40407… x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/11861 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
http://secunia.com/advisories/11891 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advis… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
http://secunia.com/advisories/11429 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advis… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-164.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/11892 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2004-04-27 00:00
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  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Vulnerability timeline

Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

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How durations are calculated

Following the VTEM framework (Black Hat USA 2015), time to patch starts when the vendor or a coordinator was informed, total time to patch at discovery, and disclosure to patch at public disclosure; vendor response time runs from the report to its acknowledgement. Time to exploit and time unpatched start at the earliest discovery or report, falling back to public disclosure. Unpatched time ends at the first recorded patch, or the calculation time when no patch is recorded. Exploitation to patch shows the interval between those two events; a published proof of concept is a public exploit, not exploitation.

Each result shows its source dates. A negative interval means the end event came first; when date-only inputs leave the order open, the result says so. Date-only inputs are approximate. The earliest evidence wins: KEV report dates and sightings are labelled as such. Records describing another vulnerability are listed but never calculated from, and a PoC alone does not establish exploitation. Missing patch evidence does not prove that no patch exists. Filters below change the event list only.

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