CVE-2010-0299

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2009-10-30
CWE:
CWE-732
Bugzilla:
558677: CVE-2010-0299 kernel: Driver-Core: devtmpfs - set root directory mode to 0755

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

openSUSE 11.2 installs the devtmpfs root directory with insecure permissions (1777), which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Find out more about CVE-2010-0299 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. The Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG did not include support for Devtmpfs, and therefore are not affected by this issue.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 7.2
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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