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CVE-2009-0028 Detail

Description

The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a parent process from an unprivileged child process by launching an additional child process with the CLONE_PARENT flag, and then letting this new process exit.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://osvdb.org/52204 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0459.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/02/linux-kernel-minor-signal-vulnerability.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33758 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34033 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34680 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34917 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34962 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35120 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35390 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:118 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33906 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479932 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11187 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7947 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0028
NVD Published Date:
02/27/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.