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CVE-2009-3621

Published: Oct 22, 2009

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

n/a

affected
n/a

References

RHSA-2009:1671
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2009:1540
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
SUSE-SA:2009:061
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-864-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
38794
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
SUSE-SA:2010:001
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
MDVSA-2009:329
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
SUSE-SA:2010:012
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
37909
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9921
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
RHSA-2009:1670
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
SUSE-SA:2009:064
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
38834
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6895
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
SUSE-SA:2010:013
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
37086
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
38017
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
FEDORA-2009-11038
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
ADV-2010-0528
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN

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