Linux Privilege Escalation Hole Detected03/08/2004 11:16 PM The flaw carries a 'critical' rating and could be exploited to give an
attacker full super-user privileges.
Re: Linux kernel do_mremap() proof-of-concept exploit code
“The XSLT processor included with the Java Runtime
Environment (JRE) may allow an untrusted applet to read data from
another applet that is processed using the XSLT processor and may
allow the untrusted applet to escalate privileges…. There is no
workaround. Please see the “Resolution” section below.
Resolution: These issues are addressed in the following releases: *
SDK and JRE 1.4.2_05 or later.”…