44929 : Linux Kernel Directory Notification Subsystem (dnotify) Race Condition Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-05-01

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-1375" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Race condition in the directory notification subsystem (dnotify) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24.6, and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Classification

Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.6.25.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2008-1375 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 30017 30044 30260 30515 30769 30818 30890 30962 31246
SCIP VulDB ID: 3691
Related OSVDB ID: 44927 44930
Other Advisory URL: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0157
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-June/000714.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2008-June/000721.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.html
Mail List Post: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120967963803205&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120967964303224&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/491566/100/0/threaded
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0157
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2008:0211 RHSA-2008:0233 RHSA-2008:0237

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.9
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-05-02 | Disagree?

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