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CVE Reference: CVE-2009-1072
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2009-1072

Description:
nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49356

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00007.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA35390
  Secunia Advisory: SA35394
  Secunia Advisory: SA37471
  Secunia Advisory: SA35121
  Secunia Advisory: SA35185
  Secunia Advisory: SA34786
  Secunia Advisory: SA34432
  Secunia Advisory: SA34422
  Secunia Advisory: SA35656
  Secunia Advisory: SA35343

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8382
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10314

MLIST
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/1
  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/805280

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800

CONFIRM
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.9
  http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=76a67ec6fb79ff3570dcb5342142c16098299911

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

BID
  34205


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