CVE-2009-1883 (GCVE-0-2009-1883)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-09-18 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:27
VLAI
Summary
The z90crypt_unlocked_ioctl function in the z90crypt driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 does not perform a capability check for the Z90QUIESCE operation, which allows local users to leverage euid 0 privileges to force a driver outage.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 986 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/36759 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505983 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/15/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-14… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2009-09-15 00:00
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