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Tracker / CVE-2004-1073

CVE-2004-1073

Low 2.1

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.

Affected products and versions

linux linux_kernel
redhat enterprise_linux
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat fedora_core
redhat linux_advanced_workstation
suse suse_linux
trustix secure_linux
turbolinux turbolinux_server

Analysis

This page is not indexable yet.Until it carries original analysis — what it actually exposes, how to check in two minutes whether a system was touched, what to do if it was — the page stays noindex. The database decides that, not the template.

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