CVE-2009-3556

low

Description

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537177

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/20/2

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55809

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%3A6744

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2010-01-27

Updated: 2023-02-13

Type: CWE-264

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.9

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 3.4

Severity: LOW