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CVE-2004-2408

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Linux VServer 1.27 and earlier, 1.3.9 and earlier, and 1.9.1 and earlier shares /proc permissions across all virtual and host servers, which allows local users with the ability to set permissions in /proc to obtain system information or cause a denial of service on other virtual servers or the host server.

Affected products

• Vserver Linux-Vserver: 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5 (+13)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-07/0040.html
• http://linux-vserver.org/ChangeLog
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12021
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1010643
• http://www.osvdb.org/7480
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10660
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16626
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-07/0040.html
• http://linux-vserver.org/ChangeLog
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12021
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1010643
• http://www.osvdb.org/7480

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