CVE-2003-0986 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Linux kernel versions 2.6 prior to 2.6.2 and 2.4 prior to 2.4.24 on the ppc64 architecture, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The flaw stems from certain kernel routines failing to use the copy_from_user function when handling data from userspace, bypassing security boundaries. Rated with a CVSS score of 1.7 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability requires local user authentication and has a low potential for impact, leading only to denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test12:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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