NASLDB: USN-758-1 : udev vulnerabilities
General
ID: 36530
Name: USN-758-1 : udev vulnerabilities
Summary: Checks dpkg output for updated package(s)
Credits: –
Classification
Risk: –
CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Temporal Vector: –
Port: 0
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Type: Local
Description
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that udev did not correctly validate
netlink message senders. A local attacker could send specially
crafted messages to udev in order to gain root privileges.
(CVE-2009-1185)
Sebastian Krahmer discovered a buffer overflow in the path encoding
routines in udev. A local attacker could exploit this to crash udev,
leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1186)
Exploiting
Exploit Available: True
Exploitability Ease: Exploits are available
Sources
CVE: CVE-2009-1185
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –
Timeline
Vulnerability Disclosure: –
Patch Release: 2009/04/15
Plugin Release: 2009/04/23
Plugin
Version: 1.10
Filename: ubuntu_USN-758-1.nasl
Filesize: 4302 bytes
MD5 Hash: 2be2b37fee76803b6d92b740f6791acd
Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"
Copyright: –
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