CVE-2009-3556

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2010-01-27 17:30

Updated : 2024-02-28 11:41


NVD link : CVE-2009-3556

Mitre link : CVE-2009-3556

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-3556


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
CWE
CWE-264

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