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Debian DSA-1772-1 : udev - several vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 36172
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Sebastian Kramer discovered two vulnerabilities in udev, the /dev and hotplug management daemon.- CVE-2009-1185 udev does not check the origin of NETLINK messages, allowing local users to gain root privileges.
- CVE-2009-1186 udev suffers from a buffer overflow condition in path encoding, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution.
Solution
Upgrade the udev package.For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.105-4etch1.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 0.125-7+lenny1.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1185
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 36172
File Name: debian_DSA-1772.nasl
Version: 1.24
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 4/17/2009
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 10.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:udev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2009
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Linux udev Netlink Local Privilege Escalation)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1185, CVE-2009-1186