CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-3725
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-11-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The connector layer in the Linux kernel before 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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.31.5)
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.10
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125449888416314&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125715484511380&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125716192622235&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51382/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51383/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51384/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51387/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37113 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38905 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.5 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36834 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/linux-kernel-multiple-capabilities-missing-checks/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125449888416314&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125715484511380&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125716192622235&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51382/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51383/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51384/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/51387/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37113 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38905 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.5 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36834 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/linux-kernel-multiple-capabilities-missing-checks/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory