CVE-2003-1288 Race condition in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Local attackers can exploit race conditions in Linux-VServer to cause a kernel oops and denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2003-1288?

CVE-2003-1288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Dec 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple race conditions in Linux-VServer 1.22 with Linux kernel 2.4.23 and SMP allow local users to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) via unknown attack vectors related to the (1) s_info and (2) ip_info data structures and the (a) forget_original_parent, (b) goodness, (c) schedule, (d) update_process_times, and (e) vc_new_s_context functions.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1288?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vserver Linux-Vserver.

How do I fix CVE-2003-1288?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1288 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2003-1288 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1288 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9f4j-32h6-cmvx.

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