CVE - CVE-2009-3556

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-3556	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
A certain Red Hat configuration step for the qla2xxx driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, when N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) hardware is used, sets world-writable permissions for the (1) vport_create and (2) vport_delete files under /sys/class/scsi_host/, which allows local users to make arbitrary changes to SCSI host attributes by modifying these files.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20100120 CVE-2009-3556 kernel: qla2xxx NPIV vport management pseudofiles are world writable URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/20/2 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537177 CONFIRM:http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666 REDHAT:RHSA-2010:0046 URL:https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html REDHAT:RHSA-2010:0095 URL:https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html SUSE:SUSE-SA:2010:019 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6744 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6744 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9738 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9738 XF:kernel-qla2xxx-security-bypass(55809) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55809
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20091005	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20091005)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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