Vulnerability in Red Hat Linux
CVE-2003-0194
tcpdump does not properly drop privileges to the pcap user when starting up.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Linux — versions 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
- Red Hat Tcpdump — versions 3.4-39, 3.6.2-9, 3.6.2-12
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-174.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-151.html (vendor-advisory)