CVE-2003-0959 Multiple integer overflows in the 32bit emulation for AMD64 architectures in Linux 2.4 kernel before 2.4.21 allows attackers to cause a deni
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Check this codebase for CVE-2003-0959 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2003-0959 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Mar 2006.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0959 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. 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-2003-0959/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0959/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-0959?
CVE-2003-0959 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Mar 2006.
Official description
Multiple integer overflows in the 32bit emulation for AMD64 architectures in Linux 2.4 kernel before 2.4.21 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges via unspecified vectors that trigger copy_from_user function calls with improper length arguments.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0959?
How do I fix CVE-2003-0959?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0959 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2003-0959 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0959 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v8qg-v964-87w6.