CVE-2003-0127 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2003-0127 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.2
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 38290 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 40903 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 40947 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SuSE-SA:2003:021, published Tuesday, Mar 25 2003 18:00 MET

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 00:17:46 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:33 2025