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CVE-2004-0565

Floating point information leak in the context switch code for Linux 2.4.x only checks the MFH bit but does not verify the FPH owner, which allows local users to read register values of other processes by setting the MFH bit.

Published

2004-12-06T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mandrakesoft mandrake_multi_network_firewall 8.2 Yes
Operating System gentoo linux * Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.4.0 Yes
Operating System mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 9.1 Yes
Operating System mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 9.2 Yes
Operating System mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 10.0 Yes
Operating System mandrakesoft mandrake_linux_corporate_server 2.1 Yes
Operating System trustix secure_linux 2 Yes
Operating System trustix secure_linux 2.0 Yes
Operating System trustix secure_linux 2.1 Yes
References