CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-2698

7.8 HIGH Published 2009-08-27 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2009-08-27
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-476

Description

The udp_sendmsg function in the UDP implementation in (1) net/ipv4/udp.c and (2) net/ipv6/udp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving the MSG_MORE flag and a UDP socket.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.19) • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.04 • suse linux enterprise desktop 10 • suse linux enterprise server 9 • suse linux enterprise server 10 • fedoraproject fedora 10 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 4.8 • redhat enterprise linux eus 5.3 • redhat enterprise linux server 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 5.3 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0 • vmware vcenter server 4.0 • vmware esxi 4.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e0c14f49d6b393179f423abbac47f85618d3d46 Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1222.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1223.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23073 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36430 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36510 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37298 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067254 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/25/1 Mailing List
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1233.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36108 Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022761 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518034 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11514 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8557 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9142 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e0c14f49d6b393179f423abbac47f85618d3d46 Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1222.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1223.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23073 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36430 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36510 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37298 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067254 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/25/1 Mailing List
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1233.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36108 Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022761 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518034 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11514 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8557 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9142 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory