66753 : LVM2 clvmd Abstract Socket Credential Check Weakness Local Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2010-07-28

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-2526" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The cluster logical volume manager daemon (clvmd) in lvm2-cluster in LVM2 before 2.02.72, as used in Red Hat Global File System (GFS) and other products, does not verify client credentials upon a socket connection, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon exit or logical-volume change) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted control commands.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.02.72 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1024258
CVE ID: 2010-2526 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 40759 41037 41426 41441 41529 41632 41678
ISS X-Force ID: 60809
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2010-1944
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2010/msg00141.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047498.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047499.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lvm2-2.02.72-4.fc12
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=614248
https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2010-July/msg00083.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1001-1
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2010:0567 RHSA-2010:0568

Tools & Filters

	49791

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2010-08-05 | Disagree?

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