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.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00463.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00462.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5975
https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1185
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495051
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1053
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-758-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34536
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502752/100/0/threaded
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0427.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-18.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1772
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.446399
http://secunia.com/advisories/35766
http://secunia.com/advisories/34801
http://secunia.com/advisories/34787
http://secunia.com/advisories/34785
http://secunia.com/advisories/34776
http://secunia.com/advisories/34771
http://secunia.com/advisories/34753
http://secunia.com/advisories/34750
http://secunia.com/advisories/34731
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00006.html
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691