Published: 03/05/2001 Updated: 10/10/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 465

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.2 allows local users to read kernel memory and possibly gain privileges via a negative argument to the sysctl call.

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/* source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/2364/info The Linux Kernel is the core of the Linux Operating System It was originally written by Linus Torvalds, and is publicly maintained A problem in the Linux kernel may allow root compromise The sysctl() call allows a privileged program to read or write kernel parameters It is possible for un ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-009.0.txt http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0267.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-013.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2364 http://www.osvdb.org/6017 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6079 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20626/https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/698640

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