CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-0787
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-03-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Description
The ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_contents function in the eCryptfs functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.9 uses an incorrect size when writing kernel memory to an eCryptfs file header, which triggers an out-of-bounds read and allows local users to obtain portions of kernel memory.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel 2.6.28
• linux linux kernel 2.6.28.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.28.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.28.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.28.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.28.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.28.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.28.7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.28.8
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8faece5f906725c10e7a1f6caf84452abadbdc7b git.kernel.org
- http://osvdb.org/52860 osvdb.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0473.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34422 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35015 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 secunia.com
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.9 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34216 Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022177 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html www.vmware.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0802 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49355 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11068 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8319 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8faece5f906725c10e7a1f6caf84452abadbdc7b git.kernel.org
- http://osvdb.org/52860 osvdb.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0473.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34422 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35015 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 secunia.com
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.9 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34216 Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022177 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html www.vmware.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0802 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49355 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11068 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8319 oval.cisecurity.org