# CVE-2004-1058: Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to read the environment variables of another process that is still spawning via /proc/

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-12-22 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to read the environment variables of another process that is still spawning via /proc/.../cmdline.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/18684
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19038
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17151
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21476
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11937
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11052
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-24.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10427
- http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/38-1/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html

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