CVEvulnerability
CVE-2003-0465
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2003-08-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
The kernel strncpy function in Linux 2.4 and 2.5 does not %NUL pad the buffer on architectures other than x86, as opposed to the expected behavior of strncpy as implemented in libc, which could lead to information leaks.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel 2.4.0
• linux linux kernel 2.5.0
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-440 Expected Behavior Violation weakness
References
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=105796021120436&w=2 marc.info
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=105796415223490&w=2 marc.info
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10285 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=105796021120436&w=2 marc.info
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=105796415223490&w=2 marc.info
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10285 oval.cisecurity.org