CVE-2003-0194 Privilege escalation in n/a
Medium 4.6
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2003-0194 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2003-0194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Linux, published on 17 May 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0194 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Redhat Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0194/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0194/index.md)
tcpdump fails to drop privileges to the pcap user, allowing attackers to execute code with elevated permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-0194?
CVE-2003-0194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Linux, published on 17 May 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
tcpdump does not properly drop privileges to the pcap user when starting up.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0194?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Linux, Redhat Tcpdump.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0194?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0194 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2003-0194 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0194 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m27v-5mww-v33p.