CVE-2009-1630

Description

From CVE.org

The nfs_permission function in fs/nfs/dir.c in the NFS client implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.29.3 and earlier, when atomic_open is available, does not check execute (aka EXEC or MAY_EXEC) permission bits, which allows local users to bypass permissions and execute files, as demonstrated by files on an NFSv4 fileserver.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, and 3.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score2.14.4N/A
Attack VectorLocalLocalN/A
Access ComplexityLowMediumN/A
AuthenticationNoneNoneN/A
Confidentiality ImpactNonePartialN/A
Integrity ImpactPartialPartialN/A
Availability ImpactNonePartialN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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