CVE-2002-1963 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Linux kernel versions 2.4.1 through 2.4.19. A local attacker can exhaust system resources by opening 10 setuid binaries, as the root user's NR_RESERVED_FILES limit is set to only 10. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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