2.1
LOW
CVE-2004-0427
"Linux Clone VM Fork Denial of Service"
Description

The do_fork function in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26, and 2.6.x before 2.6.6, does not properly decrement the mm_count counter when an error occurs after the mm_struct for a child process has been activated, which triggers a memory leak that allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via the clone (CLONE_VM) system call.

INFO

Published Date :

July 7, 2004, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 26, 2024, 6:56 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2004-0427 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2004-0427.

URL Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040504-01-U.asc Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040505-01-U.asc Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000846 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtml Third Party Advisory
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHA Broken Link
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726A Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11429 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11464 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11486 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11541 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11861 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11891 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11892 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml Broken Link
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-164.shtml Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:037 Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_10_kernel.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-255.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-327.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10221 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2004/TLSA-2004-14.txt Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16002 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10297 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2819 Broken Link

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2004-0427 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2004-0427 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040504-01-U.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040504-01-U.asc Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040505-01-U.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040505-01-U.asc Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000846 No Types Assigned http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000846 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtml No Types Assigned http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-111.shtml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHA No Types Assigned http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHA Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726A No Types Assigned http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726A Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/11429 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/11429 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/11464 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/11464 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/11486 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/11486 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/11541 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/11541 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/11861 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/11861 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/11891 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/11891 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/11892 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/11892 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-02.xml Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-164.shtml No Types Assigned http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-164.shtml Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:037 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:037 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_10_kernel.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_10_kernel.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-255.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-255.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-260.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-327.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-327.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10221 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10221 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2004/TLSA-2004-14.txt No Types Assigned http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2004/TLSA-2004-14.txt Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16002 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16002 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10297 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10297 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2819 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2819 Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-401
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.4.0 up to (excluding) 2.4.26 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.0 up to (excluding) 2.6.6
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726A [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%40407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHA [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@407bf20eDeeejm8t36_tpvSE-8EFHA
    Removed Reference MITRE http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@407b1217x4jtqEkpFW2g_-RcF0726A
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10297 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2819 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2819 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10297 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16002 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16002 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=108139073506983&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 01, 2004

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2004-0427 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2004-0427 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} -0.02%

score

0.13913

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability