CVE-2009-1072

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1072
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-25 01:30:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:03:00 UTC
Descriptionnfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-16

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 3.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Server 2.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Server 2.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 4.0 - All All
Application Vmware Vcenter Server 4.0 - All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.5 All All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vma 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vma 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: kernel: nfsd did not drop CAP_MKNOD for non-root MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel nfsd 'CAP_MKNOD' Unauthorized Access Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SUSE update for kernel - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
Gmane Loom MLIST thread.gmane.org Broken Link
USN-793-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Ubuntu update for linux and linux-source-2.6.15 - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
Security Advisory SA35390 - SUSE update for kernel - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
Linux Kernel nfsd "CAP_MKNOD" Security Bypass - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Broken Link
SUSE update for kernel - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
SUSE update for kernel - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for kernel-rt - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
404: File not found CONFIRM www.kernel.org Broken Link
Debian update for linux-2.6 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Broken Link
VMSA-2009-0016.1 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree git.kernel.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Broken Link
Linux Kernel Information Disclosure and Security Bypass - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
VMware ESX and vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1800-1 linux-2.6 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-09-10Tomas HogerThis issue has been rated as having moderate security impact. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG, via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1132.html , https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1106.html , and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html . This issue is not planned to be fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3, due to these products being in Production 3 of their maintenance life-cycles, where only qualified security errata of important or critical impact are addressed. For further information about Errata Support Policy, visit: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/ .
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