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CVE-2009-1895
published 2009-07-16

CVE-2009-1895: The personality subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc3 has a PER_CLEAR_ON_SETID setting that does not clear the ADDR_COMPAT_LAYOUT and MMAP_PAGE_ZERO…

PriorityP422high7.2CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCCICAC
EPSS
0.44%
36.1th percentile
The personality subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc3 has a PER_CLEAR_ON_SETID setting that does not clear the ADDR_COMPAT_LAYOUT and MMAP_PAGE_ZERO flags when executing a setuid or setgid program, which makes it easier for local users to leverage the details of memory usage to (1) conduct NULL pointer dereference attacks, (2) bypass the mmap_min_addr protection mechanism, or (3) defeat address space layout randomization (ASLR).

Affected

13 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
linuxlinux_kernel<= 2.6.31
linuxlinux_kernel
vmwareesxi
vmwarevmware_tools
vmwarevmware_vcenter_server
vmwarevmware_vsphere
vmwarevmware_workstation

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.2HIGH
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