Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23770Denial Of Service (DoS)
5.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service. It was discovered that, when executing a new process, the clear_child_tid pointer in the Linux kernel is not cleared. If this pointer points to a writable portion of the memory of the new program, the kernel could corrupt four bytes of memory, possibly leading to a local denial of service or privilege escalation.
References
article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/871942
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1243.html
secunia.com/advisories/35983
secunia.com/advisories/36501
secunia.com/advisories/36562
secunia.com/advisories/36759
secunia.com/advisories/37105
secunia.com/advisories/37351
secunia.com/advisories/37471
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/05/10
www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Release_Notes/
www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Technical_Notes/kernel.html
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1438.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1243
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52899
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11412
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8598
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9766
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01256.html
Related
5.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C