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| author |   Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200904-18.xml b/glsa-200904-18.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..57290405 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200904-18.xml @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200904-18"> + <title>udev: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Two errors in udev allow for a local root compromise and a Denial of + Service. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">udev</product> + <announced>April 18, 2009</announced> + <revised>April 18, 2009: 01</revised> + <bug>266290</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-fs/udev" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">124-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">124-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + udev is the device manager used in the Linux 2.6 kernel series. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Sebastian Krahmer of SUSE discovered the following two vulnerabilities: + </p> + <ul> + <li>udev does not verify the origin of NETLINK messages + properly (CVE-2009-1185).</li> + <li>A buffer overflow exists in the + util_path_encode() function in lib/libudev-util.c (CVE-2009-1186).</li> + </ul> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + A local attacker could gain root privileges by sending specially + crafted NETLINK messages to udev or cause a Denial of Service. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All udev users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/udev-124-r2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1185">CVE-2009-1185</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1186">CVE-2009-1186</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:13:51 +0000"> + a3li + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:38:24 +0000"> + a3li + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:32:47 +0000"> + a3li + </metadata> +</glsa> |