CVE

Id
4557  
CVE No.
CVE-2002-0164  
Status
Candidate  
Description
Vulnerability in the MIT-SHM extension of the X server on Linux (XFree86) 4.2.1 and earlier allows local users to read and write arbitrary shared memory, possibly to cause a denial of service or gain privileges.  
Phase
Modified (20100521)  
Votes
ACCEPT(5) Armstrong, Cole, Cox, Green, Wall | MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(2) Christey, Foat  
Comments
Christey> SGI:20021001-01-P | Christey> BUGTRAQ:20021024 GLSA: xfree | URL:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103547625009363&w=2 | | This Gentoo advisory mentions XFree86 4.2.0-r12 and earlier. | Frech> XF:xfree86-mitshm-memory-access(8706) | Christey> REDHAT:RHSA-2003:067 | URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html | Christey> Add something like "Xfree86 before 4.2.1" to the description. | | The affected versions aren"t quite clear, as various vendor | advisories list different versions. | Christey> DEBIAN:DSA-380 | Christey> CALDERA:CSSA-2003-SCO.26