CVE-2004-1073 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2004-1073 at MITRE

Description

The open_exec function in the execve functionality (exec.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.8, allows local users to read non-readable ELF binaries by using the interpreter (PT_INTERP) functionality.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	2.1
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	None

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 198079 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX], 60632 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 74701 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2004:042, published Wednesday, Dec 1st 2004 15:00 MEST
SUSE-SR:2004:002, published Tuesday, Nov 30th 2004 14:00 MEST
SUSE-SR:2004:003, published Tuesday, Dec 7th 2004 15:00 MEST

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CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:03:30 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:36 2025