Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-3556. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 01/27/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at rhn.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3556. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44398 (SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 6806)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165585 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Linux Kernel (SUSE-SA:2010:009)).

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 databases at X-Force (55809), Tenable (44398), SecurityFocus (BID 37876†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24733†). See VDB-40214, VDB-51836, VDB-51835 and VDB-51834 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 44398
Nessus Name: SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 6806)
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OpenVAS ID: 880643
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2010:0046 centos5 i386
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/05/2009 🔍
12/04/2009 +60 days 🔍
01/20/2010 +47 days 🔍
01/27/2010 +7 days 🔍
01/27/2010 +0 days 🔍
02/02/2010 +6 days 🔍
02/05/2010 +3 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1867 days 🔍
08/31/2021 +2358 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: rhn.redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3556 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3556
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51683

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X-Force: 55809
SecurityFocus: 37876 - Red Hat Linux Kernel 'qla2xxx' DriverSecurity Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 24733 - Red Hat Linux Local Security Bypass Restriction Vulnerability via SCSI Host Attributes, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/31/2021 18:58
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (65), 02/20/2017 10:20 (8), 08/31/2021 18:51 (4), 08/31/2021 18:58 (1)
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