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).
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http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/32598/ cve-icon cve-icon
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http://secunia.com/advisories/36116 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0111 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1845 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc3 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-807-1 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1895 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11768 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7826 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9453 cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1895 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00166.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00223.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2009-07-16T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:27:54.804Z

Reserved: 2009-06-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-1895

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-16T15:30:00.703

Modified: 2023-02-13T02:20:14.140

Link: CVE-2009-1895

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2009-06-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-1895 - Bugzilla