CVE
- Id
- 1146
- CVE No.
- CVE-1999-1166
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- Linux 2.0.37 does not properly encode the Custom segment limit, which allows local users to gain root privileges by accessing and modifying kernel memory.
- Phase
- Proposed (20010912)
- Votes
- MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(3) Cole, Foat, Wall
- Comments
- Frech> (Task 2253) | CHANGE> [Frech changed vote from REVIEWING to MODIFY] | Frech> XF:linux-segment-limit-privileges(11202)