CVE-2003-0501 (GCVE-0-2003-0501)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-07-04 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:58
VLAI
Summary
The /proc filesystem in Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information by opening various entries in /proc/self before executing a setuid program, which causes the program to fail to change the ownership and permissions of those entries.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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Date Public
2003-06-20 00:00
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