Real time clock (RTC) routines in Linux kernel 2.4.23 and earlier do not properly initialize their structures, which could leak kernel data to user space.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000799 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107394143105081&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/10533 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/10536 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/10537 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/10538 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/10555 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/10582 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/10583 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/engarde_advisory-3904.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:001 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_049_kernel.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.osvdb.org/3317 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-January/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-417.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9154 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008594 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13943 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0984 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1013 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A859 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9406 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0984 cve-icon
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:12:35.689Z

Reserved: 2003-12-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-0984

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-01-05T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2003-0984

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2003-12-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2003-0984 - Bugzilla

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