Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2009-1883 First vendor Publication 2009-09-18
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-09-29

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.4 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The z90crypt_unlocked_ioctl function in the z90crypt driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 does not perform a capability check for the Z90QUIESCE operation, which allows local users to leverage euid 0 privileges to force a driver outage.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1883

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9513
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9513
Title: The z90crypt_unlocked_ioctl function in the z90crypt driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 does not perform a capability check for the Z90QUIESCE operation, which allows local users to leverage euid 0 privileges to force a driver outage.
Description: The z90crypt_unlocked_ioctl function in the z90crypt driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 does not perform a capability check for the Z90QUIESCE operation, which allows local users to leverage euid 0 privileges to force a driver outage.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-1883
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2009:1438 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1438_kernel_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-11-11 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1929-1 (linux-2.6)
File : nvt/deb_1929_1.nasl
2009-09-21 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1438 (kernel)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1438.nasl
2009-09-15 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1438
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1438.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
58235 Linux Kernel z90crypt Driver z90crypt_unlocked_ioctl Function Z90QUIESCE Oper...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1438.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1929.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-18 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12578.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1438.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-22 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-852-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-16 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1438.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505983
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/15/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/15/3
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1438.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/36759
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1

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