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CVE-2009-3621

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Date: October 22, 2009

net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (30)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/19/2

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38834

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/19/4

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=77238f2b942b38ab4e7f3aced44084493e4a8675

Url: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/19/50

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38794

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529626

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38017

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1671.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-3621

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37909

Url: http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html

Url: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3621

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3621

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6895

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9921

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37086

Url: http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/54678/

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1670.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-3621

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

CWE-400

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2009-3621

Good to know:

Date: October 22, 2009

Language: C

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