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CVE-2011-1182

kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to spoof the uid and pid of a signal sender via a sigqueueinfo system call.

Published

2013-03-01T12:37:53.647

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 3.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 2.6.39	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_aus	5.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	5.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	5.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	5.0	Yes

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=da48524eb20662618854bb3df2db01fc65f3070c ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690028 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/da48524eb20662618854bb3df2db01fc65f3070c Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=da48524eb20662618854bb3df2db01fc65f3070c (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690028 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/da48524eb20662618854bb3df2db01fc65f3070c Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)