Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.28.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.8% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005171
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed25 Mar 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Mar 2009

CVE-2009-1072  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-16  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.28.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.9 does not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability before handling a user request in a thread, which allows local users to create device nodes, as demonstrated on a filesystem that has been exported with the root_squash option.

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