6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
3.6 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.3%
kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to spoof the uid and pid of a signal sender via a sigqueueinfo system call.
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=da48524eb20662618854bb3df2db01fc65f3070c
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/2
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690028
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/da48524eb20662618854bb3df2db01fc65f3070c