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CVE-2003-0465
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2003-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Description
The kernel strncpy function in Linux 2.4 and 2.5 does not %NUL pad the buffer on architectures other than x86, as opposed to the expected behavior of strncpy as implemented in libc, which could lead to information leaks.
Affected products
- Linux kernel: 2.4.0, 2.5.0
References
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=105796021120436&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=105796415223490&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10285
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=105796021120436&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=105796415223490&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10285
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