NVD - CVE-2009-3547

CVE-2009-3547 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

Multiple race conditions in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc6 allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or gain privileges by attempting to open an anonymous pipe via a /proc/*/fd/ pathname.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 11/04/2009

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.9 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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=commit;h=ad3960243e55320d74195fb85c975e0a8cc4466c
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/14/184	Exploit
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/21/42
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125724568017045&w=2
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc6
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1672.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36901	Exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530490
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11513
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7608
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9327
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html	Vendor Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1541.html	Vendor Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html	Vendor Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html	Vendor Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11513
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11513

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7608
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7608

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9327
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9327

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Race Conditions (CWE-362)

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Change History

3 change records found - show changes

CVE Modified by MITRE - 9/18/2017 9:29:39 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11513 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7608 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9327 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11513 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7608 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9327 [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3547
NVD Published Date:
11/04/2009
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2018

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