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.
Published 2010-03-16 19:30:00
Updated 2017-09-19 01:30:29
Source Red Hat, Inc.
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Threat overview for CVE-2010-0729

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IPs affected by CVE-2010-0729 1
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0729

0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2010-0729

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.9
MEDIUM AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.4
10.0
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2010-0729

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2010-0729

  • Red Hat 2010-03-17
    Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/CVE-2010-0729. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG, as they do not include the internal change introducing this flaw. A future update in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 may address this flaw.

References for CVE-2010-0729

Products affected by CVE-2010-0729

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