CVE-2010-0729

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-03-16
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on the ia64 platform allows local users to use ptrace on an arbitrary process, and consequently gain privileges, via vectors related to a missing ptrace_check_attach call.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0394	2010-05-05
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.25.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2010-0394	2010-05-05
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.25.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2010-0394	2010-05-05