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High
CVE-2009-1185
udev before 1.4.1 does not verify whether a NETLINK message...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502752/100/0/threaded
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5975
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34801
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35766
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00006.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:104
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.446399
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00462.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1772
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-18.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10925
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34536
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022067
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e2b362d9f23d4c63018709ab5f81a02f72b91e75
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0427.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:103
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34776
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34731
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34753
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34785
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34787
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00463.html
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1185
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1053
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00012.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-758-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e86a923d508c2aed371cdd958ce82489cf2ab615
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34771
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34750
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495051
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8572
Affected Vendor
udev project
View all reports →Affected Software
udev, linux enterprise debuginfo, opensuse, linux enterprise desktop, linux enterprise server, debian linux, ubuntu linux, fedora, ctpview
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 10, 11, 10.3, 11.0, 11.1, 4.0, 5.0, 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10, 9, 7.1, 7.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 17th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.