PT-2009-3738 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Dan Carpenter · Published 2009-05-05 · Updated 2012-03-19 · CVE-2009-1184

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.27.22 Linux kernel versions 2.6.28.x prior to 2.6.28.10

Description The issue concerns the SELinux subsystem in the Linux kernel. It allows local users to bypass intended restrictions on network traffic due to the selinux ip postroute iptables compat function omitting calls to avc has perm for the node and port when compat net is enabled.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.27.22, update to version 2.6.27.22 or later. For Linux kernel versions 2.6.28.x prior to 2.6.28.10, update to version 2.6.28.10 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-16

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-1184

DSA-1800-1

DSA-1809-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 14

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:119 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:135 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1184 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:118 · Vendor Advisory
• http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/25238 · Patch
• http://lwn.net/Articles/331435 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=910c9e41186762de3717baaf392ab5ff0c454496 · Note
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1184 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/04/1 · Note
• http://lwn.net/Articles/331434 · Note