Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2004-0565
Floating point information leak in the context switch code for Linux 2.4.x only checks the MFH bit but does not verify the FPH owner, which allows local users to read register values of other processes by setting the MFH bit.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (38.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.6% 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
- Gentoo Linux
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.4.0
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux — versions 9.1, 9.2, 10.0
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server — versions 2.1
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall — versions 8.2
- Trustix Secure Linux — versions 2, 2.0, 2.1
References
- secunia.com/advisories/20163 (third-party-advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/owl/2004-q2/0038.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20162 (third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10714 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10687 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Vendor Advisory)