Linux Kernel 2.4.x - Advisories by Product - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

This vulnerability report for Linux Kernel 2.4.x contains a complete overview of all Secunia advisories affecting it. You can use this vulnerability report to ensure that you are aware of all vulnerabilities, both patched and unpatched, affecting this product allowing you to take the necessary precautions.

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Table of Contents

1. Product Summary Only

2. Secunia Advisory Statistics (All time)

2.1. Statistics for 2009

2.2. Statistics for 2008

2.3. Statistics for 2007

2.4. Statistics for 2006

2.5. Statistics for 2005

2.6. Statistics for 2004

2.7. Statistics for 2003

3. List of Secunia Advisories (All time)

3.1. List for 2009

3.2. List for 2008

3.3. List for 2007

3.4. List for 2006

3.5. List for 2005

3.6. List for 2004

3.7. List for 2003

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Vendor, Links, and Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Vendor	Kernel.org

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Affected By	85 Secunia advisories 132 Vulnerabilities

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Unpatched	11% (9 of 85 Secunia advisories)

Most Critical Unpatched The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting Linux Kernel 2.4.x, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Less critical .

29 Secunia Advisories in 2004

Secunia has issued a total of 29 Secunia advisories in 2004 for Linux Kernel 2.4.x. Currently, 17% (5 out of 29) are marked as unpatched with the most severe being rated Less critical

More information about the specific Secunia advisories affecting Linux Kernel 2.4.x can be found below. Each Secunia advisory is enclosed by a box highlighted with a color representing its current patch status. You can read the complete Secunia advisories for thorough descriptions of the issues covered and for solution suggestions by clicking either the Secunia advisory title or the "Read More" links available for each Secunia advisory.

Linux Kernel 32bit System Call Emulation and ELF Binary Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 29 in 2004. 15,050 views.

Release Date:
2004-12-24

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13627

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel "ip_options_get()" and "vc_resize()" Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 29 in 2004. 15,740 views.

Release Date:
2004-12-17

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13493

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Georgi Guninski has reported some vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel IGMP and "__scm_send()" Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 3 of 29 in 2004. 14,080 views.

Release Date:
2004-12-15

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13469

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS

Where:
From local network

Short Description:
Paul Starzetz has reported some vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and by malicious, local users to cause a DoS, gain knowledge of sensitive information, or potentially gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Local DoS and Memory Content Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 4 of 29 in 2004. 14,581 views.

Release Date:
2004-11-25

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13308

Solution Status:
Unpatched

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information. [Read More]

Linux Kernel smb Filesystem Implementation Multiple Vulnerabilities
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 5 of 29 in 2004. 18,074 views.

Release Date:
2004-11-18

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13232

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access

Where:
From local network

Short Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges or by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or leak kernel memory. Reportedly, it is currently unclear whether some of the vulnerabilities also can be exploited for arbitrary code execution. [Read More]

Linux Kernel ELF Binary Loader Setuid File Handling Vulnerabilities
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 6 of 29 in 2004. 17,664 views.

Release Date:
2004-11-10

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13126

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Paul Starzetz has reported some vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Terminal Subsystem Race Condition Vulnerabilities
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 7 of 29 in 2004. 11,149 views.

Release Date:
2004-10-22

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA12951

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited to potentially disclose kernel data or cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel Packet Fragmentation Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 8 of 29 in 2004. 9,280 views.

Release Date:
2004-10-01

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA12669

Solution Status:
Unpatched

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
From remote

Short Description:
Gandalf The White has reported a variant of some known vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel ide-cd SG_IO Functionality Permission Bypass Vulnerability
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 9 of 29 in 2004. 10,905 views.

Release Date:
2004-09-28

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA12498

Solution Status:
Unpatched

Criticality:

Impact:
Security Bypass

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions. [Read More]

Linux Kernel NFS and ptmx Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 10 of 29 in 2004. 10,811 views.

Release Date:
2004-09-02

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA12426

Solution Status:
Unpatched

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
From local network

Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, allowing malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel File Offset Pointer Handling Memory Disclosure Vulnerability
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 11 of 29 in 2004. 12,827 views.

Release Date:
2004-08-04

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA12210

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Paul Starzetz has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information in kernel memory. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Floating Point Leak Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 12 of 29 in 2004. 10,891 views.

Release Date:
2004-07-12

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11943

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Arun Sharma has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information. [Read More]

Linux Kernel File Group ID Manipulation Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 13 of 29 in 2004. 15,056 views.

Release Date:
2004-07-02

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11996

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Manipulation of data

Where:
From local network

Short Description:
SuSE has discovered a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Sbus PROM Driver Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 14 of 29 in 2004. 10,815 views.

Release Date:
2004-07-02

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11981

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
infamous41 has reported some vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel IEEE 1394 Driver Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 15 of 29 in 2004. 11,322 views.

Release Date:
2004-06-24

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11931

Solution Status:
Unpatched

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
infamous41md has reported some vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Various Drivers Userland Pointer Dereference Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 16 of 29 in 2004. 12,264 views.

Release Date:
2004-06-21

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11891

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Vulnerabilities have been discovered in various drivers for the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose kernel memory or gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel "__clear_fpu()" Macro Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 17 of 29 in 2004. 13,512 views.

Release Date:
2004-06-15

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11861

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Stian Skjelstad has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel allowing malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel e1000 Network Driver Kernel Memory Disclosure
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 18 of 29 in 2004. 13,765 views.

Release Date:
2004-05-21

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11626

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux kernel, potentially allowing malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Framebuffer Driver Direct Userspace Access Vulnerability
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 19 of 29 in 2004. 13,556 views.

Release Date:
2004-04-28

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11486

Solution Status:
Partial Fix

Criticality:

Impact:
Security Bypass
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Arjan van de Ven has reported a vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel CPUFREQ Proc Handler Kernel Memory Disclosure Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 20 of 29 in 2004. 17,014 views.

Release Date:
2004-04-23

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11464

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Brad Spengler has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information. [Read More]

Linux Kernel setsockopt MCAST_MSFILTER Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 21 of 29 in 2004. 12,313 views.

Release Date:
2004-04-20

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11429

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Paul Starzetz and Wojciech Purczynski have reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel File Systems Information Leak and Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 22 of 29 in 2004. 14,166 views.

Release Date:
2004-04-15

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11362

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have reportedly been fixed in the latest kernel releases. These may allow malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or gain knowledge of sensitive information. [Read More]

Linux Kernel ISO9660 Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 23 of 29 in 2004. 13,567 views.

Release Date:
2004-04-15

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11361

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
iDEFENSE has discovered a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges on a vulnerable system. [Read More]

Linux kernel ncpfs Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 24 of 29 in 2004. 15,042 views.

Release Date:
2004-02-19

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA10912

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Arjan van de Ven has discovered a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, allowing malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges on a vulnerable system. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Vicam USB Driver Insecure Userspace Access
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 25 of 29 in 2004. 12,531 views.

Release Date:
2004-02-19

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA10911

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Security Bypass
DoS

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]

Linux Kernel "mremap()" Missing Return Value Checking Privilege Escalation
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 26 of 29 in 2004. 16,684 views.

Release Date:
2004-02-18

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA10897

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Paul Starzetz has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges on a vulnerable system. [Read More]

Linux Kernel R128 Direct Render Infrastructure Privilege Escalation
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 27 of 29 in 2004. 11,043 views.

Release Date:
2004-02-04

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA10782

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Alan Cox has discovered a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]

Linux Kernel Real Time Clock Kernel Memory Disclosure Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 28 of 29 in 2004. 15,635 views.

Release Date:
2004-01-05

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA10533

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information. [Read More]

Linux Kernel "mremap()" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 29 of 29 in 2004. 19,369 views.

Release Date:
2004-01-05

Secunia Advisory ID:
SA10532

Solution Status:
Vendor Patch

Criticality:

Impact:
Privilege escalation

Where:
Local system

Short Description:
Paul Starzetz and Wojciech Purczynski have reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges. [Read More]