Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2010-0729
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.34%
Linux
Original Filing — NVD 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.