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CVE-2009-3547 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2009-3547

HIGH7.0

Multiple race conditions in fs/pipe

Published Nov 4, 2009

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

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.

References

WEBhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad3960243e55320d74195fb85c975e0a8cc4466c ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html WEBhttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html WEBhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/14/184 WEBhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/21/42 WEBhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125724568017045&w=2 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/37351 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38017 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38794 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38834 WEBhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc6 ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329 ADVISORYhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1672.html WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36901 ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 WEBhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530490 WEBhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11513 WEBhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7608 WEBhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9327 ADVISORYhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html ADVISORYhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1541.html ADVISORYhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html ADVISORYhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3547 ADVISORYhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.0

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

7/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 4, 2009

ModifiedAug 7, 2024