First published: Wed Mar 23 2011(Updated: )
kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to spoof the uid and pid of a signal sender via a sigqueueinfo system call.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Linux Linux kernel | <2.6.39 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =5.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =5.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux | =5.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =5.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus | =5.6 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus | =5.6 | |
debian/linux-2.6 |
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