CVE-2003-0246 Information

Description

The ioperm system call in Linux kernel 2.4.20 and earlier does not properly restrict privileges which allows local users to gain read or write access to certain I/O ports.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q2/0076.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105301461726555&w=2 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-442 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:066 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:074 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-147.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-172.html http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-41.txt https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A278