Are the SuSE distributions also affected by this?
-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Immo 'FaUl' Wehrenberg
To: vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org
Subject: [VulnWatch] Fwd: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25
Date: 17 Mar 2003 17:30:40 +0100
From: Alan Cox
Subject: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6]
Newsgroups: linux-kernel
Vulnerability: CAN-2003-0127
The Linux 2.2 and Linux 2.4 kernels have a flaw in ptrace. This hole allows
local users to obtain full privileges. Remote exploitation of this hole is
not possible. Linux 2.5 is not believed to be vulnerable.
Linux 2.2.25 has been released to correct Linux 2.2. It contains no other
changes. The bug fixes that would have been in 2.2.5pre1 will now appear in
2.2.26pre1. The patch will apply directly to most older 2.2 releases.
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