| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-1999-1166 (CCN-11202) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 1999-07-11 | ||||||||
| Published: | 1999-07-11 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2008-09-05 | ||||||||
| Summary: | Linux 2.0.37 does not properly encode the Custom segment limit, which allows local users to gain root privileges by accessing and modifying kernel memory. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Sun, 11 Jul 1999 20:45:30 +0400 Linux 2.0.37 segment limit bug Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-1999-1166 Source: CCN Type: The The Linux Kernel Archives Web site The Linux Kernel Archives Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 12954 Linux Kernel Custom Segment Limit Encoding Privilege Escalation Source: BUGTRAQ Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory 19990711 Linux 2.0.37 segment limit bug Source: BID Type: Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory 523 Source: CCN Type: BID-523 Linux Segment Limit Vulnerability Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN linux-segment-limit-privileges(11202) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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