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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-1388 Detail

Deferred

This CVE record is not being prioritized for NVD enrichment efforts due to resource or other concerns.

Description

The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution of the do_coredump function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via vectors involving the ptrace system call and a coredumping thread.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score: 5.5 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score: 4.9 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/05/2009)

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124654277229434&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List Patch
http://osvdb.org/55679 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36131 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35559 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346742 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8625 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8680 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-667 Improper Locking cwe source acceptance level NIST

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Change History

6 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:02:21 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124654277229434&w=2
Added Reference 
http://osvdb.org/55679
Added Reference 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36131
Added Reference 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
Added Reference 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html
Added Reference 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
Added Reference 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35559
Added Reference 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
Added Reference 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
Added Reference 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615
Added Reference 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346742
Added Reference 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263
Added Reference 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8625
Added Reference 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8680

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 10:06:11 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

Modified Analysis by NIST 2/15/2024 2:19:16 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3.1 
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added CWE 
NIST CWE-667
Removed CWE 
NIST CWE-362
Changed CPE Configuration 
OR
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*


 
OR
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed Reference Type 
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124654277229434&w=2 Patch


 
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124654277229434&w=2 Mailing List, Patch
Changed Reference Type 
http://osvdb.org/55679 No Types Assigned


 
http://osvdb.org/55679 Broken Link
Changed Reference Type 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36131 No Types Assigned


 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36131 Broken Link
Changed Reference Type 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 No Types Assigned


 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Broken Link
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html No Types Assigned


 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html Broken Link
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned


 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35559 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35559 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html No Types Assigned


 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Broken Link
Changed Reference Type 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615 Patch


 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615 Mailing List, Patch
Changed Reference Type 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263 Patch


 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263 Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed Reference Type 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8625 No Types Assigned


 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8625 Broken Link
Changed Reference Type 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8680 No Types Assigned


 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8680 Broken Link

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/10/2018 3:36:30 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/28/2017 9:34:21 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8625 [No Types Assigned]
Added Reference 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8680 [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8625 [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8680 [No Types Assigned]

Initial CVE Analysis 7/06/2009 7:58:00 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1388
NVD Published Date:
07/05/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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