Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50991
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2003:103
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2003:103. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. A vulnerability has been found in version 2.4.18 of the kernel. This vulnerability allows a local user to gain elevated (root) privileges without authorization. All users should upgrade to these errata packages, which contain patches to fix the vulnerability. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-103.html Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.2
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0127 Caldera Security Advisory: CSSA-2003-020.0 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-020.0.txt CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#628849 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/628849 Debian Security Information: DSA-270 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-270 Debian Security Information: DSA-276 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-276 Debian Security Information: DSA-311 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-311 Debian Security Information: DSA-312 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-312 Debian Security Information: DSA-332 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-332 Debian Security Information: DSA-336 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-336 Debian Security Information: DSA-423 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423 Debian Security Information: DSA-495 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-495 En Garde Linux Advisory: ESA-20030318-009 En Garde Linux Advisory: ESA-20030515-017 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105301461726555&w=2 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200303-17.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:038 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:039 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A254 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2003:088 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-088.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2003:098 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-098.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-103.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-145.html SuSE Security Announcement: SuSE-SA:2003:021 (Google Search) http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0134.html
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