CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel 2.6.28.2 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
The ATI Rage 128 (aka r128) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-git11 does not properly verify Concurrent Command Engine (CCE) state initialization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified ioctl calls.
The issue has been introduced in 12/25/2008. The weakness was published 10/22/2009 by Ben Hutchings (Website). The advisory is shared at kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3620. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 301 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48181 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2010:088)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165664 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Linux Kernel (SUSE-SA:2009:061)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (48181). Similar entries are available at 51857, 50912, 50859 and 50857.
Product
Type
Vendor
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 48181
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2010:088)
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OpenVAS ID: 66207
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1927-1 (linux-2.6)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/25/2008 🔍08/23/2009 🔍
08/23/2009 🔍
10/09/2009 🔍
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11/09/2009 🔍
07/30/2010 🔍
03/18/2015 🔍
08/24/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: kernel.org
Researcher: Ben Hutchings
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3620 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 23939 - Linux kernel ATI Rage 128 Driver Vulnerability Allows Local Attackers to Cause DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36824 - Linux Kernel r128 Driver CCE Initialization NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 08/24/2021 09:24
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (63), 02/16/2017 10:11 (9), 08/24/2021 09:22 (4), 08/24/2021 09:24 (1)
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