Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2009-3556 (CCN-55809)

Assigned:2009-10-05
Published:2010-01-19
Updated:2023-02-13
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.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
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): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:1.9 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
1.4 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
1.6 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
3.6 Low (REDHAT CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
2.6 Low (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-732
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2009-3556

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: VMSA-2010-0009
ESXi utilities and ESX Service Console third party updates

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2010-0046
Important: kernel security and bug fix update

Source: CCN
Type: SA39920
VMware vMA kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: SA39972
VMware ESXi ntp Mode 7 Request Denial of Service

Source: CCN
Type: SA39973
VMware ESX Multiple krb5 Vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: SA39974
VMware ESX GCC libtool Search Path Privilege Escalation Security Issue

Source: CCN
Type: SA39975
VMware ESX gzip unlzw() Integer Underflow Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: SA39976
VMware vMA OpenSSL CRYPTO_free_all_ex_data() Memory Leak Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: SA39977
VMware vMA Multiple krb5 Vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: SA39979
VMware vMA GCC libtool Search Path Privilege Escalation Security Issue

Source: CCN
Type: SA39980
VMware vMA gzip unlzw() Integer Underflow Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: SA39981
VMware vMA sudo Privilege Escalation Security Issues

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: The The Linux Kernel Archives Web site
The Linux Kernel Archives

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: BID-37876
Red Hat Linux Kernel 'qla2xxx' DriverSecurity Bypass Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 537177
CVE-2009-3556 kernel: qla2xxx NPIV vport management pseudofiles are world writable

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
kernel-qla2xxx-security-bypass(55809)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: SUSE
Type: SUSE-SA:2010:009
Linux kernel security update

Source: SUSE
Type: SUSE-SA:2010:019
Linux kernel security update

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::client:*:*:*:*:*
    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::server:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:server:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5::client:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2:itanium_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:client:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2:itanium_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:esx_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20093556
    V
    		CVE-2009-3556
    2017-09-27
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22940
    P
    		ELSA-2010:0046: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
    2014-05-26
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21777
    P
    		RHSA-2010:0046: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
    2014-02-24
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6744
    V
    		Red Hat Linux Kernel 'qla2xxx' DriverSecurity Bypass Vulnerability
    2014-01-20
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9738
    V
    		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.
    2013-04-29
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20100046
    P
    		RHSA-2010:0046: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
    2010-01-19
    BACK
    redhat enterprise linux 5
    redhat enterprise linux desktop 5
    novell suse linux enterprise server 10 sp2
    redhat enterprise linux 5
    redhat enterprise linux 5
    novell suse linux enterprise server 10 sp2
    vmware esx server 4.0