CVE-2009-0028
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a parent process from an unprivileged child process by launching an additional child process with the CLONE_PARENT flag, and then letting this new process exit.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2009:0451 | 2009-04-29 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) | RHSA-2009:0326 | 2009-04-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (kernel) | RHSA-2009:0459 | 2009-04-30 |
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