CVE-2004-0685

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Certain USB drivers in the Linux 2.4 kernel use the copy_to_user function on uninitialized structures, which could allow

Certain USB drivers in the Linux 2.4 kernel use the copy_to_user function on uninitialized structures, which could allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading memory that was not cleared from previous usage.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00149

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linux kernelall versions

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4.6

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD23 Dec 2004 · 05:00 AM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2004:504Important
rhsaRHSA-2004:549Important
rhsaRHSA-2004:505Important

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=127921

http://secunia.com/advisories/20162

http://secunia.com/advisories/20163

http://secunia.com/advisories/20202

http://secunia.com/advisories/20338

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067

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http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-24.xmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/981134Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-504.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-505.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10892PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=14580

http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0041/

https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16931

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10665

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