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Medium
CVE-2009-3621
net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local...
Vulnerability Description
net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/19/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529626
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/19/50
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1671.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/19/4
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=77238f2b942b38ab4e7f3aced44084493e4a8675
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9921
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/54678/
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1670.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6895
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37086
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38017
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
linux kernel, ubuntu linux, fedora, opensuse, suse linux enterprise desktop, suse linux enterprise server, vma, esx
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, 10, 11.0, 11.2, 4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 22nd, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.