CVE-2009-3547

Summary

CVECVE-2009-3547
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-04 15:30:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-03 17:14:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple race conditions in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc6 allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or gain privileges by attempting to open an anonymous pipe via a /proc/*/fd/ pathname.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362 | CWE-476

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 9.10 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 Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Novell Linux Desktop 9 All All All
Operating System Novell Linux Desktop 9 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 4.8 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 5.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Mrg Realtime 1.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esx 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vma 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vma 4.0 All All All

References

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Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Broken Link
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VMware vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
'[oss-security] CVE-2009-3547 kernel: fs: pipe.c null pointer dereference' - MARC MLIST marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
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SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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