CVE-2004-0177 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The ext3 code in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26 does not properly)
The ext3 code in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26 does not properly initialize journal descriptor blocks, which causes an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the ext3 file system, which allows privileged users to obtain portions of kernel memory by reading the raw device.
| CVE ID | CVE-2004-0177 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2004-06-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | The ext3 code in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26 does not properly initialize journal descriptor blocks, which causes an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the ext3 file system, which allows privileged users to obtain portions of kernel memory by reading the raw device. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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