First published: Fri Aug 22 2003(Updated: )
The C-Media PCI sound driver in Linux before 2.4.21 does not use the get_user function to access userspace, which crosses security boundaries and may facilitate the exploitation of vulnerabilities, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0700.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux | =2.1 | |
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation | =2.1 |
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CVE-2003-0699 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to allow unauthorized access to userspace memory.
To fix CVE-2003-0699, you should upgrade to a kernel version that is 2.4.21 or later which addresses this vulnerability.
CVE-2003-0699 affects systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1.
CVE-2003-0699 is classified as a security boundary violation vulnerability in the C-Media PCI sound driver.
There are no known workarounds for CVE-2003-0699, so it is recommended to apply the necessary updates.