CVE-2009-1072
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 25, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 24, 2009
Description
nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- 35390third-party-advisory
- 34432third-party-advisory
- 34422third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-0802vdb-entry
- 34786third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20090323 CVE request: kernel: nfsd did not drop CAP_MKNOD for non-rootmailing-list
- 34205vdb-entry
- SUSE-SA:2009:028vendor-advisory
- 37471third-party-advisory
- 35656third-party-advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- [linux-kernel] 20090311 VFS, NFS security bug? Should CAP_MKNOD and CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE be added to CAP_FS_MASK?mailing-list
- SUSE-SA:2009:030vendor-advisory
- 35185third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10314vdb-entrysignature
- 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party componentsmailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8382vdb-entrysignature
- SUSE-SA:2009:031vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2009:021vendor-advisory
- USN-793-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2009:1081vendor-advisory
- DSA-1800vendor-advisory
- 35343third-party-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.9
- linux-kernel-capmknod-security-bypass(49356)vdb-entry
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=76a67ec6fb79ff3570dcb5342142c16098299911
- 35121third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-3316vdb-entry
- 35394third-party-advisory
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