VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-0729

CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-03-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on the ia64 platform allows local users to use ptrace on an arbitrary process, and consequently gain privileges, via vectors related to a missing ptrace_check_attach call.

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