Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2002-1963
Linux kernel 2.4.1 through 2.4.19 sets root's NR_RESERVED_FILES limit to 10 files, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by opening 10 setuid binaries.
EPSS: 0.005 (37.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)