CVE-2009-1388

medium

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346742

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124654277229434&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-07-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium