Vulnerability CVE-2009-3234 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2009-3234 (CCN-53371)

Assigned:

2009-09-10

Published:

2009-09-10

Updated:

2012-03-19

Summary:

Buffer overflow in the perf_copy_attr function in kernel/perf_counter.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a "big size data" to the perf_counter_open system call.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
3.8 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:TF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Complete

6.1 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
4.7 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C/E:U/RL:TF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: MLIST
Type: Exploit
[linux-kernel] 20090916 [patch 15/45] perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr()

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2009-3234

Source: CCN
Type: Linux Kernel GIT Repository
perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr()

Source: CCN
Type: SA36763
Linux Kernel Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation

Source: CCN
Type: oss-security Mailing List, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:16:01 +0800
CVE request: kernel: perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr()

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20090916 CVE request: kernel: perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr()

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20090917 Re: CVE request: kernel: perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr()

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 58213
Linux Kernel kernel/perf_counter.c perf_copy_attr() Function Local Overflow DoS

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
36423

Source: CCN
Type: BID-36423
Linux Kernel 'perf_counter_open()' Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
kernel-perfcopy-bo(53371)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30:rc4:x86_32:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.31:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.30.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable