Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
0

CVE-2009-2698

Disclosure Date: August 27, 2009
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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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.8 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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

General Information

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • fedoraproject,
  • linux,
  • redhat,
  • suse,
  • vmware

Products

  • enterprise linux desktop 4.0,
  • enterprise linux desktop 5.0,
  • enterprise linux eus 4.8,
  • enterprise linux eus 5.3,
  • enterprise linux server 4.0,
  • enterprise linux server 5.0,
  • enterprise linux server aus 5.3,
  • enterprise linux workstation 4.0,
  • enterprise linux workstation 5.0,
  • esxi 4.0,
  • fedora 10,
  • linux enterprise desktop 10,
  • linux enterprise server 10,
  • linux enterprise server 9,
  • linux kernel,
  • ubuntu linux 6.06,
  • ubuntu linux 8.04,
  • ubuntu linux 8.10,
  • ubuntu linux 9.04,
  • vcenter server 4.0

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