CVE-2009-1072

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-03-25
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-1132	2009-07-01
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.3.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-1132	2009-07-01
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.3.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-1132	2009-07-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-1106	2009-06-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-128.1.14.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-1106	2009-06-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-128.1.14.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-1106	2009-06-17