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CVE-2003-0961

Date: December 2, 2003

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 Score

8.4

Related Resources (28)

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-440

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:110

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-442

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/10328

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/10329

Url: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/301156

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-389.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0961

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107064830206816&w=2

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-439

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-417

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-433

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-475

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/10333

Url: http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000796

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107064798706473&w=2

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-470

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-450

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/10338

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/10330

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-368.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-403

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_049_kernel.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2003-0961

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107394143105081&w=2

Url: http://isec.pl/papers/linux_kernel_do_brk.pdf

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2003-0961

Severity Score

8.4

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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