Candidate: CVE-2003-0476 References: BUGTRAQ:20030626 Linux 2.4.x execve() file read race vulnerability URL:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105664924024009&w=2 MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2003:074 URL:http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:074 REDHAT:RHSA-2003:238 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-238.html REDHAT:RHSA-2003:368 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-368.html REDHAT:RHSA-2003:408 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-408.html SUSE:SuSE-SA:2003:034 DEBIAN:DSA-358 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-358 DEBIAN:DSA-423 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423 OVAL:OVAL327 URL:http://oval.mitre.org/oval/definitions/data/oval327.html Description: The execve system call in Linux 2.4.x records the file descriptor of the executable process in the file table of the calling process, which allows local users to gain read access to restricted file descriptors. Notes: Bugs: upstream: released (2.4.22-pre4, 2.6.1) linux-2.6: N/A 2.6.8-sarge-security: N/A 2.4.27-sarge-security: N/A 2.4.19-woody-security: released (2.4.19-4.woody3) 2.4.18-woody-security: released (2.4.18-10) 2.4.17-woody-security: released (2.4.17-1woody4) 2.4.16-woody-security: released (2.4.16-1woody3) 2.4.17-woody-security-hppa: released (32.5) 2.4.17-woody-security-ia64: released (011226.14.1) 2.4.18-woody-security-hppa: released (62.4)