Race Condition Vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.6 Allows Unauthorized Access to Spawning Process Environment Variables

Race Condition Vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.6 Allows Unauthorized Access to Spawning Process Environment Variables

CVE-2004-1058 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:H/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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