SB2009103002 - Improper authentication in Linux kernel
Published: October 30, 2009
Security Bulletin ID
SB2009103002
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-3623)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper authentication 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=125618753029631&w=2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc1
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125624036516377&w=2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530269
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=886e3b7fe6054230c89ae078a09565ed183ecc73
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=80fc015bdfe1f5b870c1e1ee02d78e709523fee7