CVE - CVE-2010-0729

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-0729	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on the ia64 platform allows local users to use ptrace on an arbitrary process, and consequently gain privileges, via vectors related to a missing ptrace_check_attach call.
References
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MISC:38702 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38702 MISC:RHSA-2010:0394 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0394.html MISC:[oss-security] 20100312 CVE-2010-0729 kernel: ia64: ptrace: peek_or_poke requests miss ptrace_check_attach() URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/12/2 MISC:http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100090459 URL:http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100090459 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572007 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572007 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8687 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8687
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20100226	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20100226)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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