CVE-2009-0343

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0343
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-29 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionNiels Provos Systrace 1.6f and earlier on the x86_64 Linux platform allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by making a 32-bit syscall with a syscall number that corresponds to a policy-compliant 64-bit syscall, related to race conditions that occur in monitoring 64-bit processes.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel _nil_ _nil_ x86_64 All
Application Niels Provos Systrace 1.1 All All All
Application Niels Provos Systrace 1.2 All All All
Application Niels Provos Systrace 1.3 All All All
Application Niels Provos Systrace 1.4 All All All
Application Niels Provos Systrace 1.5 All All All
Application Niels Provos Systrace 1.6 All All All
Application Niels Provos Systrace 1.6a All All All
Application Niels Provos Systrace 1.6b All All All
Application Niels Provos Systrace 1.6c All All All
Application Niels Provos Systrace 1.6d All All All
Application Niels Provos Systrace All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security: Bypassing syscall filtering technologies on Linux x86_64 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com
Systrace 64-Bit Aware Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
CESA-2009-001 - rev 1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 scary.beasts.org Exploit
www.citi.umich.edu/u/provos/systrace af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.citi.umich.edu
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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