CVE-2011-1020 (GCVE-0-2011-1020)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-02-28 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:14
VLAI
Summary
The proc filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37 and earlier does not restrict access to the /proc directory tree of a process after this process performs an exec of a setuid program, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via open, lseek, read, and write system calls.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8107 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://secunia.com/advisories/43496 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/18 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/7/466 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/7/414 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/10/21 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46567 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/7/368 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/9/417 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/7/474 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/7/404 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Jan/421 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2011/SuidBinaries… x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2011-01-22 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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