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GLSA-200904-18 : udev: Multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 36197
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200904-18 (udev: Multiple vulnerabilities)Sebastian Krahmer of SUSE discovered the following two vulnerabilities:
udev does not verify the origin of NETLINK messages properly (CVE-2009-1185).
A buffer overflow exists in the util_path_encode() function in lib/libudev-util.c (CVE-2009-1186).
Impact :
A local attacker could gain root privileges by sending specially crafted NETLINK messages to udev or cause a Denial of Service.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All udev users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-fs/udev-124-r2'
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 36197
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200904-18.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 4/21/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:udev, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2009
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Linux udev Netlink Local Privilege Escalation)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1185, CVE-2009-1186