Back to Database
Status published
Medium
CVE-2004-0177
The ext3 code in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26 does not...
Vulnerability Description
The ext3 code in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26 does not properly initialize journal descriptor blocks, which causes an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the ext3 file system, which allows privileged users to obtain portions of kernel memory by reading the raw device.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
THREAT MONITOR
Am I Vulnerable?
Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2004-0177
Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-127.shtml
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108213675028441&w=2
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-482
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-495
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-479
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15867
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-480
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10152
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000846
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-489
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-481
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10556
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
- http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-4285.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-505.html
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-121.shtml
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-126.shtml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-504.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:029
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-166.html
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%404056b368s6vpJbGWxDD_LhQNYQrdzQ
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-491
More from linux
View All →CVE-2022-48619
An issue was discovered in drivers/input/input.c in the Linux kernel...
Unknown
0
CVE-2022-48502
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.2....
High
7.1
CVE-2022-48425
In the Linux kernel through 6.2.7, fs/ntfs3/inode.c has an invalid...
Unknown
0
CVE-2022-48424
In the Linux kernel before 6.1.3, fs/ntfs3/inode.c does not validate...
Unknown
0
CVE-2022-48423
In the Linux kernel before 6.1.3, fs/ntfs3/record.c does not validate...
Unknown
0
Affected Vendor
linux
View all reports →Affected Software
linux kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
2.4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 16th, 2004
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.