NVD

CVE-2009-1072 Detail

Current Description

nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.

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Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/10/2009)

This issue has been rated as having moderate security impact. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG, via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1132.html , https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1106.html , and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html . This issue is not planned to be fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3, due to these products being in Production 3 of their maintenance life-cycles, where only qualified security errata of important or critical impact are addressed. For further information about Errata Support Policy, visit: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/ .

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=76a67ec6fb79ff3570dcb5342142c16098299911	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00007.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/805280	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.9	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34205	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0802	Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316	Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49356	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10314	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8382	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-16	Configuration	NIST

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Change History

6 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis 8/25/2020 4:27:54 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		AND OR cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter:4.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.5::::::: OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
Added	CPE Configuration		AND OR cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vma:4.0::::::: OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::*
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5.5::::::: cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.5::::::: cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2::::::*
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 20305 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.27::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.2::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.4::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.5::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.6::::::: *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.	OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 2.6.28.9
Changed	Reference Type	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=76a67ec6fb79ff3570dcb5342142c16098299911 Exploit	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=76a67ec6fb79ff3570dcb5342142c16098299911 Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00007.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/34422 Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/34422 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/34432 Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/34432 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/34786 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/34786 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35185 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35185 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35343 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35343 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35390 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35390 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/805280 Exploit	http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/805280 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.9 No Types Assigned	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.9 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/1 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34205 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34205 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html No Types Assigned	http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0802 Vendor Advisory	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0802 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49356 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49356 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10314 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10314 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8382 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8382 Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1072
NVD Published Date:
03/24/2009
NVD Last Modified:
09/02/2020
Source:
MITRE

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CVE-2009-1072 Detail

Current Description

Analysis Description

Severity

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/10/2009)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

Reanalysis 9/02/2020 12:1:44 PM

Modified Analysis 8/25/2020 4:27:54 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 10/10/2018 3:32:55 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 9/28/2017 9:34:09 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 8/16/2017 9:30:11 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 3/25/2009 10:9:00 AM

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