SB2010011902 - Permissions, privileges, and access controls in Linux kernel
Published: January 19, 2010
Security Bulletin ID
SB2010011902
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, privileges, and access controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0007)
The vulnerability allows a local user to manipulate data.
The vulnerability exists due to security restrictions bypass error. A local user can manipulate data.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/14/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38133
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37762
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/14/1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0109
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.33-rc4
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38333
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555238
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38492
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00008.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38296
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38779
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39033
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55602
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9630
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dce766af541f6605fa9889892c0280bab31c66ab