PT-2009-5086

CVE-2009-2691

Published

2009-08-14

Updated

2017-08-17

Description by

CVSS 2.0

2.1

Low

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.30.4

Description The issue allows local users to read maps and smaps files under proc/ via vectors related to ELF loading, a setuid process, and a race condition. This is due to a problem in the mm for maps function in fs/proc/base.c.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.30.4, consider upgrading to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive files.

Exploitability

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Kees Cook

Steve Beattie

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Related identifiers

CVE-2009-2691