CVE - CVE-2009-1883

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-1883	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The z90crypt_unlocked_ioctl function in the z90crypt driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 does not perform a capability check for the Z90QUIESCE operation, which allows local users to leverage euid 0 privileges to force a driver outage.
References
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MISC:36759 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36759 MISC:37105 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 MISC:RHSA-2009:1438 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1438.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2010:013 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html MISC:USN-852-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20090915 CVE-2009-1883 kernel: missing capability check in z90crypt URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/15/1 MISC:[oss-security] 20090915 Re: CVE-2009-1883 kernel: missing capability check in z90crypt URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/15/3 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505983 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505983 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9513 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9513
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20090602	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 (20090602)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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