CVE - CVE-2009-0028

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-0028	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a parent process from an unprivileged child process by launching an additional child process with the CLONE_PARENT flag, and then letting this new process exit.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:20090516 rPSA-2009-0084-1 kernel URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded MISC:20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded MISC:33758 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33758 MISC:33906 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33906 MISC:34033 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34033 MISC:34680 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34680 MISC:34917 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34917 MISC:34962 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34962 MISC:34981 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 MISC:35011 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 MISC:35120 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35120 MISC:35121 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 MISC:35390 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35390 MISC:35394 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 MISC:37471 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 MISC:52204 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/52204~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2009-3316 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-1787 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 MISC:DSA-1794 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 MISC:DSA-1800 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 MISC:MDVSA-2009:118 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:118~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2009:0326 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html MISC:RHSA-2009:0451 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html MISC:RHSA-2009:0459 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0459.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2009:010 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2009:030 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2009:031 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html MISC:USN-751-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1 MISC:http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-002.html URL:http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-002.html MISC:http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/02/linux-kernel-minor-signal-vulnerability.html URL:http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/02/linux-kernel-minor-signal-vulnerability.html MISC:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 URL:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479932 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479932 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11187 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11187 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7947 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7947
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20081215	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081215)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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