SB2009103001 - Permissions, privileges, and access controls in Linux kernel
Published: October 30, 2009
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, privileges, and access controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-3722)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to security restrictions bypass error. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125678631403558&w=2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc1
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125680666827148&w=2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=531660
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37221
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0126.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9892
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0a79b009525b160081d75cef5dbf45817956acf2