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CVE-2009-3725

Published: 06/11/2009 Updated: 16/11/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 641
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

The connector layer in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.31.5 does not require the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for certain interaction with the (1) uvesafb, (2) pohmelfs, (3) dst, or (4) dm subsystem, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and gain privileges via calls to functions in these subsystems.

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Ubuntu Security Notice: linux, linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the AX25 network subsystem did not correctly check integer signedness in certain setsockopt calls A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service Ubuntu 910 was not affected (CVE-2009-2909) ...
Debian Security Advisories: DSA-2015-1 drbd8 -- privilege escalation
A local vulnerability has been discovered in drbd8 Philipp Reisner fixed an issue in the drbd kernel module that allows local users to send netlink packets to perform actions that should be restricted to users with CAP_SYS_ADMIN privileges This is a similar issue to those described by CVE-2009-3725 This update also fixes an ABI compatibility iss ...

References

CWE-264http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/linux-kernel-multiple-capabilities-missing-checks/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36834http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125715484511380&w=2http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125716192622235&w=2http://secunia.com/advisories/37113http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51384/http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51387/http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51382/http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125449888416314&w=2http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51383/http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.5http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1http://secunia.com/advisories/38905https://nvd.nist.govhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/864-1/
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