CVE-2004-1068 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2004-1068 at MITRE

Description

A "missing serialization" error in the unix_dgram_recvmsg function in Linux 2.4.27 and earlier, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.9, allows local users to gain privileges via a race condition.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.2
Vector	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 63427 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2004:044, published Tuesday, Dec 21st 2004 18:00 MEST
SUSE-SR:2004:003, published Tuesday, Dec 7th 2004 15:00 MEST
SUSE-SR:2004:004, published Thursday, Dec 16th 2004 12:00 MEST
SUSE-SR:2004:005, published Tuesday, Dec 21th 2004 15:00 MEST

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:03:19 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:10:37 2023