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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 18, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2003-0465

CVE-2003-0465

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.

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Affected products

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  • Linux/Kernel2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Ubuntu/Linux Kernelllm-fuzzy
    Range: 2.4, 2.5

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