CVE-2009-1046

Description

The console selection feature in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.4, 2.6.25, and possibly earlier versions, when the UTF-8 console is used, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by selecting a small number of 3-byte UTF-8 characters, which triggers an "off-by-two memory error." NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33672

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/9

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/11

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/10

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.4

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787

http://secunia.com/advisories/35121

http://secunia.com/advisories/34981

http://secunia.com/advisories/34917

http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2009/02/02/364

http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2009/01/30/333

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3