1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-758-1

USN-758-1: udev vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 April 2009

Overview

udev vulnerabilities

Releases

Packages

Details

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that udev did not correctly validate netlink
message senders. A local attacker could send specially crafted messages
to udev in order to gain root privileges. (CVE-2009-1185)

Sebastian Krahmer discovered a buffer overflow in the path encoding routines
in udev. A local attacker could exploit this to crash udev, leading to a
denial of service. (CVE-2009-1186)

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that udev did not correctly validate netlink
message senders. A local attacker could send specially crafted messages
to udev in order to gain root privileges. (CVE-2009-1185)

Sebastian Krahmer discovered a buffer overflow in the path encoding routines
in udev. A local attacker could exploit this to crash udev, leading to a
denial of service. (CVE-2009-1186)

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
8.10 intrepid udev –  124-9ubuntu0.2
8.04 hardy udev –  117-8ubuntu0.2
7.10 gutsy udev –  113-0ubuntu17.2
6.06 dapper udev –  079-0ubuntu35.1

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