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CVE-2009-1388

Date: July 5, 2009

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (17)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8680
http://secunia.com/advisories/36131
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1388
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124654277229434&w=2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346742
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8625
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35559
http://osvdb.org/55679
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1388
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-1388

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Race Conditions

CWE-362

Improper Locking

CWE-667

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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