4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as the sendmsg() function in the Linux kernel did not block during UNIX socket garbage collection. This could, potentially, lead to a local denial of service.
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=473259
marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122721862313564&w=2
marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122765505415944&w=2
osvdb.org/50272
secunia.com/advisories/32913
secunia.com/advisories/32998
secunia.com/advisories/33083
secunia.com/advisories/33348
secunia.com/advisories/33556
secunia.com/advisories/33706
secunia.com/advisories/33756
secunia.com/advisories/33854
securityreason.com/securityalert/4673
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032
www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_MRG/1.1/html/MRG_Release_Notes/
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/32516
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0053
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470201
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46943
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10283
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11427
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html
usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html