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CVE-2009-1388

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Description

The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution of the do_coredump function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via vectors involving the ptrace system call and a coredumping thread.

References

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124654277229434&w=2

http://osvdb.org/55679

http://secunia.com/advisories/36131

http://secunia.com/advisories/37471

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35559

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346742

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8625

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8680

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2009-07-05

Updated: 2018-10-10

Type: CWE-362

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: MEDIUM

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