CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-1182

3.6 LOW Published 2013-03-01 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-03-01
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Description

kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to spoof the uid and pid of a signal sender via a sigqueueinfo system call.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.39) • redhat enterprise linux 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux aus 5.6 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 5.6 • redhat enterprise linux server 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0

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