Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23901Denial Of Service (DoS)
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
The kernel packages is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the firewire-ohci driver used for OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 controllers. A local, unprivileged user with access to /dev/fw* files could issue certain IOCTL calls, causing a denial of service or privilege escalation. The FireWire modules are blacklisted by default, and if enabled, only root has access to the files noted above by default.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c0c0cc2d9f4c523fde04bdfe41e4380dec8ee54
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8c0c0cc2d9f4c523fde04bdfe41e4380dec8ee54
kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-20536
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
patchwork.kernel.org/patch/66747/
secunia.com/advisories/38017
secunia.com/advisories/38276
support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.32-git9.log
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/15/1
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.securityfocus.com/bid/37339
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0046
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547236
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7376
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9527
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
Related
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C