CVE-2009-3621

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-3621
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2009-10-22T16:00:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T02:20:30
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.31.4
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:10:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vma:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529626 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=77238f2b942b38ab4e7f3aced44084493e4a8675 Broken Link
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/19/50 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/54678/ Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/19/2 Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/19/4 Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37086 Broken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1671.html Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1670.html Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37909 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38017 Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 Broken Link
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9921 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6895 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3621
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3621
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:23:11 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 03:03:17 2023-02-13T02:20:30 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 03:03:17 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated