CVE-2009-4895

CVSS V2 Medium 4.7 CVSS V3 None
Description
Race condition in the tty_fasync function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, related to the put_tty_queue and __f_setown functions. NOTE: the vulnerability was addressed in a different way in 2.6.32.9.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-4895
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2010-09-08T20:00:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-27T16:45:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-362 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.32.6
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
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:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.7
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/15/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/15/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559100 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/15/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/15/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=703625118069f9f8960d356676662d3db5a9d116 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14605 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.6 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4895
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4895
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:28:08 Added to TrackCVE