Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [2.2.0,2.4.10]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004307
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Oct 2001
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Oct 2001

CVE-2001-1384  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) ptrace in Linux 2.2.x through 2.2.19, and 2.4.x through 2.4.9, allows local users to gain root privileges by running ptrace on a setuid or setgid program that itself calls an unprivileged program, such as newgrp.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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