CVE-2009-3612
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Statement
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/CVE-2009-3612
This issue has been rated as having moderate security impact.
It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1670.html and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html respectively.
A future kernel update in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 will address this flaw.
This issue is not planned to be fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 due to this product being in Production 3 of its maintenance life-cycle, where only qualified security errata of important or critical impact are addressed.
For further information about the Errata Support Policy, visit: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) | RHSA-2009:1670 | 2009-12-15 |
| MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2009:1540 | 2009-11-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (kernel) | RHSA-2009:1522 | 2009-10-22 |
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