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HistoryFeb 22, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerability

2013-02-2200:00:00
ubuntu.com
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6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.3%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

  • linux-lts-backport-oneiric - Linux kernel backport from Oneiric

Details

Suleiman Souhlal, Salman Qazi, Aaron Durbin and Michael Davidson discovered
a race condition in the Linux kernel’s ptrace syscall. An unprivileged
local attacker could exploit this flaw to run programs as an administrator.

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.3%