CVE-2003-0127 Information

Description

The kernel module loader in Linux kernel 2.2.x before 2.2.25 and 2.4.x before 2.4.21 allows local users to gain root privileges by using ptrace to attach to a child process that is spawned by the kernel.

Reference

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-020.0.txt http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0134.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105301461726555&w=2 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-088.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-098.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200303-17.xml http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-270 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-276 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-311 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-312 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-332 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-336 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-495 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/628849 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:038 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:039 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-103.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-145.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A254