Upstream information

CVE-2009-3080 at MITRE

Description

Array index error in the gdth_read_event function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via a negative event index in an IOCTL request.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

Note from the SUSE Security Team

This problem requires that the GDTH PCI RAID card is installed in the affected system and also that /dev/gdth is accessible by non-root users.

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package

SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 557668 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11
  • ext4dev-kmp-default >= 0_2.6.27.42_0.1-7.1.24
  • ext4dev-kmp-pae >= 0_2.6.27.42_0.1-7.1.24
  • ext4dev-kmp-ppc64 >= 0_2.6.27.42_0.1-7.1.24
  • ext4dev-kmp-vmi >= 0_2.6.27.42_0.1-7.1.24
  • ext4dev-kmp-xen >= 0_2.6.27.42_0.1-7.1.24
  • iscsitarget-kmp-default >= 0.4.15_2.6.27.54_0.2-94.14.8
  • kernel-default >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • kernel-default-base >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • kernel-default-man >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • kernel-kdump >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • kernel-pae >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • kernel-pae-base >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • kernel-ppc64 >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • kernel-ppc64-base >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • kernel-source >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • kernel-syms >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • kernel-vmi >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • kernel-vmi-base >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • kernel-xen >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • kernel-xen-base >= 2.6.27.42-0.1.1
  • oracleasm-kmp-default >= 2.0.5_2.6.27.54_0.2-7.9.1
Patchnames:
slessp0-kernel


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 17:00:09 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 16 11:11:06 2024