CVE-2003-0501

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2003-06-20
Bugzilla:
1617044: CVE-2003-0501 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The /proc filesystem in Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information by opening various entries in /proc/self before executing a setuid program, which causes the program to fail to change the ownership and permissions of those entries.

Find out more about CVE-2003-0501 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2003:239 2003-08-21
Red Hat Linux 8.0 RHSA-2003:238 2003-07-21
Red Hat Linux 7.1 RHSA-2003:238 2003-07-21
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2003:198 2003-08-21
Red Hat Linux 9 RHSA-2003:238 2003-07-21
Red Hat Linux 7.3 RHSA-2003:238 2003-07-21
Red Hat Linux 7.2 RHSA-2003:238 2003-07-21

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