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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2004-1058

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to read the environment variables of another process that is still spawning via /proc/.../cmdline.
Publish Date : 2005-01-10 Last Update Date : 2010-08-21
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

Cvss Score
1.2
Confidentiality Impact Partial (There is considerable informational disclosure.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact None (There is no impact to the availability of the system.)
Access Complexity High (Specialized access conditions exist. It is hard to exploit and several special conditions must be satisfied to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s)
CWE ID CWE id is not defined for this vulnerability

- Additional Vendor Supplied Data

Vendor Impact CVSS Score CVSS Vector Report Date Publish Date
Redhat low 2004-08-23
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- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to read the environment variables of another process that is still... oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10427 unix
RHSA-2005:293: kernel security update (Important) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:2005293 unix
RHSA-2005:293: kernel security update (Important) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20050293 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2004-1058

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6 Test9 Cvs Details Vulnerabilities
2 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Test5 Details Vulnerabilities
3 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Test10 Details Vulnerabilities
4 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Test6 Details Vulnerabilities
5 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Test11 Details Vulnerabilities
6 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Test7 Details Vulnerabilities
7 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Test2 Details Vulnerabilities
8 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Test8 Details Vulnerabilities
9 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Test3 Details Vulnerabilities
10 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Details Vulnerabilities
11 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Test9 Details Vulnerabilities
12 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Test4 Details Vulnerabilities
13 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Test1 Details Vulnerabilities
14 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.1 Details Vulnerabilities
15 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.1 RC1 Details Vulnerabilities
16 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.1 RC2 Details Vulnerabilities
17 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.2 Details Vulnerabilities
18 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.3 Details Vulnerabilities
19 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.4 Details Vulnerabilities
20 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.5 Details Vulnerabilities
21 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.6 Details Vulnerabilities
22 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.6 RC1 Details Vulnerabilities
23 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.7 RC1 Details Vulnerabilities
24 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.7 Details Vulnerabilities
25 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Details Vulnerabilities
26 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8 RC1 Details Vulnerabilities
27 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8 RC2 Details Vulnerabilities
28 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.8 RC3 Details Vulnerabilities
29 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.9 2.6.20 Details Vulnerabilities
30 OS Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.10 RC2 Details Vulnerabilities
31 OS Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 Ia64 Details Vulnerabilities
32 OS Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 PPC Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Linux Linux Kernel 30
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 2

- References For CVE-2004-1058

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U
SGI 20060402-01-U
http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
SUSE SUSE-SA:2006:012
http://secunia.com/advisories/18684
SECUNIA 18684
http://secunia.com/advisories/19038
SECUNIA 19038
http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
SECUNIA 19369
http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
SECUNIA 19607
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
REDHAT RHSA-2006:0190
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
REDHAT RHSA-2005:293
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022
MANDRAKE MDKSA-2005:022
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
DEBIAN DSA-1018
http://secunia.com/advisories/21476
SECUNIA 21476
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11052
BID 11052 Linux Kernel Process Spawning Race Condition Environment Variable Disclosure Vulnerability Release Date:2007-01-06
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
REDHAT RHSA-2006:0191
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11937
BID 11937 Linux Kernel PROC Filesystem Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability Release Date:2007-03-01
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532
FEDORA FLSA:152532
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/17151
XF linux-spawning-race-condition(17151)
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-38-1
UBUNTU USN-38-1
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-24.xml
GENTOO GLSA-200408-24

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2004-1058

There are not any metasploit modules related to this vulnerability (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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