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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1022

Original release date:03/22/2011

Last revised:09/07/2011

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The cgre_receive_netlink_msg function in daemon/cgrulesengd.c in cgrulesengd in the Control Group Configuration Library (aka libcgroup or libcg) before 0.37.1 does not verify that netlink messages originated in the kernel, which allows local users to bypass intended resource restrictions via a crafted message.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:2.1 (LOW) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680409

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680409

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libcg/files/libcgroup/v0.37.1/libcgroup-0.37.1.tar.bz2/download

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sourceforge.net/projects/libcg/files/libcgroup/v0.37.1/libcgroup-0.37.1.tar.bz2/download

External Source: MLIST

Name: [libcg-devel] 20110218 [PATCH 2/2] cgrulesengd: Ignore netlink messages that don't come from the kernel.

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27102603

External Source: MLIST

Name: [libcg-devel] 20101115 Fwd: libcgroup netlink

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=26598749

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110225 Re: CVE request: libcgroup: Failure to verify netlink messages

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/9

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110224 CVE request: libcgroup: Failure to verify netlink messages

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/6

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110225 Re: CVE request: libcgroup: Failure to verify netlink messages

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/12

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110225 Re: CVE request: libcgroup: Failure to verify netlink messages

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/11

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=615987

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=615987

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0774

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0774

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0679

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0679

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025157

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025157

External Source: BID

Name: 46578

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46578

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:0320

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0320.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2193

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2193

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 44093

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/44093

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43891

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43891

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43758

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43758

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43611

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43611

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110225 Re: CVE request: libcgroup: Failure to verify netlink messages

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/14

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2011:0316

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00027.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-2638

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056734.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-2631

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056683.html

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.37 and previous versions

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.37:rc1

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.36.2

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.36.1

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.36

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.35.1

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.35

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.34

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.33

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.32.2

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.32.1

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.32

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.31

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.3

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.2

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.1c

* cpe:/a:balbir_singh:libcgroup:0.1b

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)

CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1022