2009-2707 | Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server denial of service (Bug 521524 / BID-36393)

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5.9	$0-$5k	0.19

A vulnerability was found in Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server up to 9 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was published 09/18/2009 with SuSE as Bug 521524 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.novell.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-2707 since 08/06/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 41521 (SuSE 10 Security Update : ia32el (ZYPP Patch Number 6466)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Vulnerability Center (SBV-23591) and Tenable (41521).

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Temp Score: 5.9
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 41521
Nessus Name: SuSE 10 Security Update : ia32el (ZYPP Patch Number 6466)
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OpenVAS ID: 65882
OpenVAS Name: SLES10: Security update for ia32el
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Upgrade: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10

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08/22/2021 +2349 days 🔍Vendor: https://www.novell.com/

Advisory: Bug 521524
Organization: SuSE
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2707 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 23591 – SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 on Itanium IA64 Machines Unspecified Local DoS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36393 – Linux Kernel Intel 32bit Emulation Mode Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/22/2021 19:39
Changes: (1) source_nessus_risk
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