# CVE-2003-0335: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Local attackers can bypass filesystem security restrictions like nosuid and noexec due to improper remounting during boot, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 May 2003
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h89c-476v-mx5m

## What is CVE-2003-0335?

CVE-2003-0335 is a high-severity vulnerability in Slackware Slackware Linux, published on 23 May 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

rc.M in Slackware 9.0 calls quotacheck with the -M option, which causes the filesystem to be remounted and possibly reset security-relevant mount flags such as nosuid, nodev, and noexec.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0335?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Slackware Slackware Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2003-0335?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0335 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2003-0335 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0335 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Slackware Slackware Linux

- [CVE-2013-7171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7171/): Misconfiguration in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-7172](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7172/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-1999-0242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0242/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-1999-0298](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0298/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-1999-1422](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1422/): Misconfiguration in n/a (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2003-0335 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2003-0335 is a high-severity vulnerability in Slackware Slackware Linux, published on 23 May 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0335 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Slackware Slackware 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-2003-0335/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0335/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0335
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0335
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-0335

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0335/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.