Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server up to 9 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server up to 9. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2009-2707. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server up to 9 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in ia32el (aka the IA 32 emulation functionality) before 7042_7022-0.4.2 in SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 10 SP2 on Itanium IA64 machines allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a 32-bit x86 application.

The weakness was published 09/18/2009 with SuSE as Bug 521524 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.novell.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-2707. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 41521 (SuSE 10 Security Update : ia32el (ZYPP Patch Number 6466)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (41521), SecurityFocus (BID 36393†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23591†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 41521
Nessus Name: SuSE 10 Security Update : ia32el (ZYPP Patch Number 6466)
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OpenVAS ID: 65882
OpenVAS Name: SLES10: Security update for ia32el
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: Bug 521524
Organization: SuSE
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2707 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2707
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50090
SecurityFocus: 36393 - Linux Kernel Intel 32bit Emulation Mode Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 23591 - SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 on Itanium IA64 Machines Unspecified Local DoS Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/22/2021 19:39
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (62), 02/15/2017 09:21 (9), 08/22/2021 19:32 (4), 08/22/2021 19:39 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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