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CVE-2009-2908

Date: October 13, 2009

The d_delete function in fs/ecryptfs/inode.c in eCryptfs in the Linux kernel 2.6.31 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that cause a "negative dentry" and trigger a NULL pointer dereference, as demonstrated via a Mutt temporary directory in an eCryptfs mount.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (21)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38834

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/06/1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2908

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38794

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527534

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37105

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6992

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53693

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37075

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10216

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.31.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=afc2b6932f48f200736d3e36ad66fee0ec733136

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2908

Url: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/387073

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-2908

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36639

Url: http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00483.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-2908

Severity Score

6.2

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2009-2908

Date: October 13, 2009

Language: C

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