National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1185
Original release date:04/17/2009
Last revised:06/08/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
udev before 1.4.1 does not verify whether a NETLINK message originates from kernel space, which allows local users to gain privileges by sending a NETLINK message from user space.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (04/20/2009)
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This issue has been fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0427.html . udev packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 were not affected by this flaw, as they do not use netlink sockets for communication. udev is not shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3.
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External Source: BID
Name: 34536
Type: Patch Information
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1772
Type: Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-3711
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-3712
External Source: MISC
Name: https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1185
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495051
Type: Advisory
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1865
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1053
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-758-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022067
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090711 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curl
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090417 rPSA-2009-0063-1 udev
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:0427
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 8572
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:104
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:103
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200904-18
External Source: MISC
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2009-111-01
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35766
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34801
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34787
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34785
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34776
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34771
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34753
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34750
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34731
Type: Advisory
External Source: MLIST
Name: [Security-announce] 20090710 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curl
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2009:025
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2009:020
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git;a=commitdiff;h=e86a923d508c2aed371cdd958ce82489cf2ab615
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git;a=commitdiff;h=e2b362d9f23d4c63018709ab5f81a02f72b91e75
Type: Advisory
