CVE-2010-0729

CVE Details

Release Date:

2010-03-16

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.

See more information about CVE-2010-0729 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	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

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