Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2009-3621 | First vendor Publication | 2009-10-22 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2012-03-19 |
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 | Authentification | None Required |
| Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores | |||
Detail
net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3621 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6895 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6895 | ||
| Title: | Linux Kernel 'unix_stream_connect()' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability | ||
| Description: | net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2009-3621 |
Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | VMWare ESX Server 4 |
Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| id | Description |
|---|---|
| 59210 | Linux Kernel net/unix/af_unix.c AF_UNIX Socket Reconnect Local DoS |
Internal Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2013-05-10 23:59:29 |
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CVE-2009-3621
(Critical)
(High)






