CVE-2009-3621

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-10-22

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2009-3621 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-1671	2009-12-16
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.18.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-1671	2009-12-16
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.18.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-1671	2009-12-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-1670	2009-12-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-164.9.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-1670	2009-12-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-164.9.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-1670	2009-12-16

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