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MEDIUM

security flaw

Published Jul 25, 2003

Description

The RPC code in Linux kernel 2.4 sets the reuse flag when sockets are created, which could allow local users to bind to UDP ports that are used by privileged services such as nfsd.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (6)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 25, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jun 26, 2003
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Jul 21, 2003