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CVE-2009-3547

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Date: November 4, 2009

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.0

Related Resources (33)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html

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

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38017

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37351

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-3547

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1672.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36901

Url: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/21/42

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc6

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

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html

Url: http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125724568017045&w=2

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3547

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html

Url: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/14/184

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3547

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad3960243e55320d74195fb85c975e0a8cc4466c

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

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530490

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9327

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11513

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1541.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7608

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-3547

Severity Score

7.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

Race Conditions

CWE-362

Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release

CWE-672

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2009-3547

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Date: November 4, 2009

Language: C

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