CVE-2009-2768

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The load_flat_shared_library function in fs/binfmt_flat.c in the flat subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by executing a shared flat binary, which triggers an access of an "uninitialized cred pointer."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-2768
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2009-08-14T15:16:27
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-07T14:56:08
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.30
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36037 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3440625d78711bee41a84cf29c3d8c579b522666 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/22/91 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hardware.blackfin.kernel.devel/1905 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/13/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc6 Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.5 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36278 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52909 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2768
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2768
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:25:02 Added to TrackCVE