Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2009-1388 First vendor Publication 2009-07-05
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-02-15

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution of the do_coredump function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via vectors involving the ptrace system call and a coredumping thread.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1388

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-667 Insufficient Locking

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8625
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8625
Title: VMware kernel ptrace_start function vulnerability
Description: The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution of the do_coredump function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via vectors involving the ptrace system call and a coredumping thread.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-1388
Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.0
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8680
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8680
Title: The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution of the do_coredump function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via vectors involving the ptrace system call and a coredumping thread.
Description: The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution of the do_coredump function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via vectors involving the ptrace system call and a coredumping thread.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-1388
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2009:1193 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1193_kernel_centos5_i386.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1193
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1193.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1193 (kernel)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1193.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
55679 Linux Kernel kernel/ptrace.c ptrace_start function Function Deadlock Local DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-03-03 Name : The remote host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0016_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-26 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2013-0039.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1193.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090808_kernel_for_SL_5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1193.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-23 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-05 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1193.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35559
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346742
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263
MLIST http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124654277229434&w=2
OSVDB http://osvdb.org/55679
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/36131
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

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