CVE-2009-1337
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 22, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 17, 2009
Description
The exit_notify function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc1 does not restrict exit signals when the CAP_KILL capability is held, which allows local users to send an arbitrary signal to a process by running a program that modifies the exit_signal field and then uses an exec system call to launch a setuid application.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 35390third-party-advisory
- MDVSA-2009:135vendor-advisory
- 20100625 VMSA-2010-0010 ESX 3.5 third party update for Service Console kernelmailing-list
- 35226third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2009:028vendor-advisory
- 37471third-party-advisory
- 35160third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2009-5356vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2009:032vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20090407 CVE request: kernel: exit_notify: kill the wrong capable(CAP_KILL) checkmailing-list
- 35656third-party-advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493771
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=432870dab85a2f69dc417022646cb9a70acf7f94
- DSA-1794vendor-advisory
- 20090516 rPSA-2009-0084-1 kernelmailing-list
- SUSE-SA:2009:030vendor-advisory
- [linux-kernel] 20090225 Re: [PATCH 2/2] exit_notify: kill the wrong capable(CAP_KILL) checkmailing-list
- 35324third-party-advisory
- 35185third-party-advisory
- 35015third-party-advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/16544/
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11206vdb-entrysignature
- 35011third-party-advisory
- 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party componentsmailing-list
- 35120third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2009:031vendor-advisory
- USN-793-1vendor-advisory
- 34981third-party-advisory
- DSA-1800vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2009:1077vendor-advisory
- 1022141vdb-entry
- 34405vdb-entry
- 35387third-party-advisory
- 34917third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2009:1550vendor-advisory
- DSA-1787vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2009:1024vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2009:119vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20090417 Re: CVE request: kernel: exit_notify: kill the wrong capable(CAP_KILL) checkmailing-list
- RHSA-2009:0473vendor-advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.30-rc1
- RHSA-2009:0451vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8295vdb-entrysignature
- 35121third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-3316vdb-entry
- 35394third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10919vdb-entrysignature
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