FKIE_CVE-2009-3556

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-01-27 17:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:11
Severity
Summary
A certain Red Hat configuration step for the qla2xxx driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, when N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) hardware is used, sets world-writable permissions for the (1) vport_create and (2) vport_delete files under /sys/class/scsi_host/, which allows local users to make arbitrary changes to SCSI host attributes by modifying these files.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/20/2
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537177
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55809
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6744
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9738
secalert@redhat.comhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/20/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537177
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55809
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6744
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9738
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel 2.6.18
redhat enterprise_linux 5
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