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)

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

History

21 Nov 2024, 01:07

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html -
References () http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666 - () http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666 -
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/20/2 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/20/2 -
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537177 - () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537177 -
References () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55809 - () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55809 -
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6744 - () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6744 -
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9738 - () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9738 -
References () https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html - () https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html -
References () https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html - () https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html -

Information

Published : 2010-01-27 17:30

Updated : 2024-11-21 01:07


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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