The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34962
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:118
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0459.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11187
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479932
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33758
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33906
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35120
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/02/linux-kernel-minor-signal-vulnerability.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34917
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
- http://osvdb.org/52204
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35121
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34680
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35394
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-002.html
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