5
CVSSv2

CVE-2004-0177

Published: 01/06/2004 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

The ext3 code in Linux 2.4.x prior to 2.4.26 does not properly initialize journal descriptor blocks, which causes an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the ext3 file system, which allows privileged users to obtain portions of kernel memory by reading the raw device.

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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerability Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoingsupport and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version21 This is the sixth regular update Description The Linux ke ...
Synopsis Updated Itanium kernel packages resolve security issues Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated Itanium kernel packages are now available as part of ongoingsupport and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 21 This isthe sixth regular update Description ...
Synopsis kernel security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red HatEnterprise Linux 3 kernel are now availableThis security advisory has been rated as having important security impactby the Red Hat Security Response TeamT ...
Several serious problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel This update takes care of Linux 2417 for the IA-64 architecture The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that will be fixed with this update: CAN-2004-0003 A vulnerability has been discovered in the R128 DRI driver in the Linux k ...
Several serious problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel This update takes care of Linux 2417 for the MIPS and MIPSel architectures The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that will be fixed with this update: CAN-2004-0003 A vulnerability has been discovered in the R128 DRI driver in the ...
Several serious problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel This update takes care of Linux 2417 for the PowerPC/apus and S/390 architectures The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that will be fixed with this update: CAN-2004-0003 A vulnerability has been discovered in the R128 DRI driver ...
Several serious problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel This update takes care of Linux 2419 for the MIPS architecture The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that will be fixed with this update: CAN-2004-0003 A vulnerability has been discovered in the R128 DRI driver in the Linux ke ...
Several serious problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel This update takes care of Linux 2416 for the ARM architecture The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that will be fixed with this update: CAN-2003-0127 The kernel module loader allows local users to gain root privileges by usin ...
Several serious problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel This update takes care of Linux 2417 and 2418 for the hppa (PA-RISC) architecture The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that will be fixed with this update: CAN-2004-0003 A vulnerability has been discovered in the R128 DRI drive ...