Executive Summary

Informations
NameCVE-2009-3547First vendor Publication2009-11-04
VendorCveLast vendor Modification2012-03-19

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score6.9Attack RangeLocal
Cvss Impact Score10Attack ComplexityMedium
Cvss Expoit Score3.4AuthentificationNone Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3547

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

idName
CWE-362Race Condition

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9327
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9327
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-3547
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7608
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7608
Title: Linux Kernel 'pipe.c' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-3547
Version: 3
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11513
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11513
Title: Service Console update for COS kernel
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-3547
Version: 3
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3.5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application2
Os506

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

idDescription
59654Linux Kernel fs/pipe.c Multiple Function Locking Error NULL Dereference Local...

Internal Sources (Detail)

SourceUrl
BIDhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36901
BUGTRAQhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
CONFIRMhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a...
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc6
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530490
FEDORAhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg0019...
MANDRIVAhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329
MLISThttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/14/184
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/21/42
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125724568017045&w=2
REDHAThttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1672.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1541.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html
SECUNIAhttp://secunia.com/advisories/37351
http://secunia.com/advisories/38017
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
SUSEhttp://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
UBUNTUhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
VUPENhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528

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