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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:327 Date: 2007-04-10
Title: Linux Kernel execve Read Acces to Restricted File Descriptors
Description: The execve system call in Linux 2.4.x records the file descriptor of the executable process in the file table of the calling process, which allows local users to gain read access to restricted file descriptors.
Version: 2 Class: vulnerability
Status: ACCEPTED Reference(s): CVE-2003-0476
Family: unix
Platform(s): Red Hat Linux 9 Product(s): Linux kernel
Definition Synopsis:

OVAL is CVE Compatible