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  "id": "CVE-2009-3556",
  "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com",
  "published": "2010-01-27T17:30:00.543",
  "lastModified": "2023-02-13T02:20:28.203",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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      "value": "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."
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      "value": "Un paso en la configuraci\u00f3n para el controlador qla2xxx sobre el Kernel 2.6.18 en  Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, cuando se usa el hardware N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), establece los permisos de escritura para \"todo el mundo\" (world_writable) sobre los archivos (1) vport_create y (2) vport_delete bajo el directorio /sys/class/scsi_host/, lo que permite a usuarios locales , mediante la modificaci\u00f3n de estos archivos, realizar cambios de su elecci\u00f3n a los atributos en el host SCSI."
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      "comment": "This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. Shipped kernels do not include upstream commit d025c9db that introduced the problem.\n\nThis upstream commit was backported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via RHBA-2008:0314 update. Issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html",
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