Overview
The uml_net utility, part of the kernel-utils package in Red Hat Linux 8.0, was shipped with incorrect permissions.
Description
User-Mode Linux (UML) is a tool to provide a virtual machine in which to run another copy of Linux. In Red Hat linux 8.0, the kernel-utils package contains the UML utilities. One of the UML utilities, uml_net, was incorrectly shipped setuid root. |
Impact
Local users could control network interfaces, put interfaces into promiscuous mode, and add and remove arp entries and routes. |
Solution
Apply a patch as described in the Red Hat bulletin. If a patch cannot be applied, you can remove the suid bit from the uml_net package with the following command: chmod -s /usr/bin/uml_net |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
Red Hat has credited Johny Robertson for discovering this issue.
This document was written by Shawn Hernan based on information provided by Red Hat and other sources.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2003-0019 |
| Severity Metric: | 15.82 |
| Date Public: | 2003-02-07 |
| Date First Published: | 2003-02-11 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2003-02-11 18:03 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 4 |