CVE-2009-3621

net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=77238f2b942b38ab4e7f3aced44084493e4a8675
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/19/50 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/54678/ Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37086 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37909 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38017 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/19/2 Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/19/4 Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1670.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1671.html Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529626 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6895 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9921 Third Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:10:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vma:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

13 Feb 2023, 02:20

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=77238f2b942b38ab4e7f3aced44084493e4a8675', 'name': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commit;h=77238f2b942b38ab4e7f3aced44084493e4a8675', 'tags': ['Broken Link'], 'refsource': 'CONFIRM'}
  • (MISC) http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=77238f2b942b38ab4e7f3aced44084493e4a8675 -

Information

Published : 2009-10-22 16:00

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:51


NVD link : CVE-2009-3621

Mitre link : CVE-2009-3621

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-3621


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

vmware

  • vma
  • esx

suse

  • suse_linux_enterprise_desktop
  • suse_linux_enterprise_server

fedoraproject

  • fedora

linux

  • linux_kernel

opensuse

  • opensuse
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption