VDB
GHSA-3g2r-q9r9-rjh5
GHSA-3g2r-q9r9-rjh5
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 2, 2022
A certain Red Hat configuration step for the qla2xxx driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, when N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) hardware is used, sets world-writable permissions for the (1) vport_create and (2) vport_delete files under /sys/class/scsi_host/, which allows local users to make arbitrary changes to SCSI host attributes by modifying these files.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
6.900000095367432
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 2, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-3g2r-q9r9-rjh5
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-3g2r-q9r9-rjh5
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3556 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0046 url
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6744 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/20/2 url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537177 url
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9738 url
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html url
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html url
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3556 url
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55809 url
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666 url