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CVE-2009-2698

Date: August 27, 2009

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (30)

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022761

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1222.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36430

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36510

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37105

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-2698

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36108

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37471

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/25/1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00008.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518034

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1

Url: http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067254

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1233.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23073

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2698

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37298

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9142

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e0c14f49d6b393179f423abbac47f85618d3d46

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1223.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8557

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11514

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2698

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-2698

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2009-2698

Date: August 27, 2009

Language: C

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