CVE-2009-1185

critical

Description

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.

References

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

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e86a923d508c2aed371cdd958ce82489cf2ab615

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e2b362d9f23d4c63018709ab5f81a02f72b91e75

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-04-17

Updated: 2023-02-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical