Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 16, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-0729
CVE-2010-0729
Description
A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on the ia64 platform allows local users to use ptrace on an arbitrary process, and consequently gain privileges, via vectors related to a missing ptrace_check_attach call.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 4
Patches
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References
6- support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100090459nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/12/2nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0394.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/38702nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8687nvd
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