Description
Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to read the environment variables of another process that is still spawning via /proc/.../cmdline.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 1.2/10
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18684
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21476
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-24.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11052
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11937Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17151
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10427
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/38-1/
- http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18684
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21476
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-24.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11052
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11937Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17151
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10427
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/38-1/
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 10, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified