Attacker Value
Unknown
CVE-2009-3621
CVE-2009-3621
(Last updated October 04, 2023) ▾
MITRE ATT&CK
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Description
net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by creating an abstract-namespace AF_UNIX listening socket, performing a shutdown operation on this socket, and then performing a series of connect operations to this socket.
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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Data provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High
General Information
Vendors
- canonical,
- fedoraproject,
- linux,
- opensuse,
- suse,
- vmware
Products
- esx 4.0,
- fedora 10,
- linux kernel,
- opensuse 11.0,
- opensuse 11.2,
- suse linux enterprise desktop 10,
- suse linux enterprise server 10,
- ubuntu linux 6.06,
- ubuntu linux 8.04,
- ubuntu linux 8.10,
- ubuntu linux 9.04,
- ubuntu linux 9.10,
- vma 4.0
References
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