CVE-2003-0961

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2003-12-01
Bugzilla:
1617104: CVE-2003-0961 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer overflow in the do_brk function for the brk system call in Linux kernel 2.4.22 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges.

Find out more about CVE-2003-0961 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Linux 8.0 RHSA-2003:392 2003-12-02
Red Hat Linux 7.1 RHSA-2003:392 2003-12-02
Red Hat Linux 7.2 RHSA-2003:392 2003-12-02
Red Hat Linux 7.3 RHSA-2003:392 2003-12-02
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2003:368 2003-12-19
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2003:389 2003-12-01
Red Hat Linux 9 RHSA-2003:392 2003-12-02

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