CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-1072
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-03-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-16
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.28.9)
• opensuse opensuse 10.3
• opensuse opensuse 11.0
• opensuse opensuse 11.1
• suse linux enterprise desktop 10
• suse linux enterprise server 10
• debian debian linux 4.0
• debian debian linux 5.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.04
• vmware vcenter server 4.0
• vmware virtualcenter 2.0.2
• vmware virtualcenter 2.5
• vmware server 2.0.0
• vmware esx 3.0.3
• vmware esx 3.5
• vmware esx 4.0
• vmware vma 4.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=76a67ec6fb79ff3570dcb5342142c16098299911 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34422 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34432 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34786 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35185 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35343 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35390 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Broken Link
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/805280 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.9 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34205 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0802 Broken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49356 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10314 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8382 Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=76a67ec6fb79ff3570dcb5342142c16098299911 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34422 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34432 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34786 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35185 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35343 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35390 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35394 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Broken Link
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/805280 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.9 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34205 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0802 Broken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49356 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10314 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8382 Third Party Advisory