CVE-2009-1185 Information

Description

udev before 1.4.1 does not verify whether a NETLINK message originates from kernel space which allows local users to gain privileges by sending a NETLINK message from user space.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git;a=commitdiff;h=e2b362d9f23d4c63018709ab5f81a02f72b91e75 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git;a=commitdiff;h=e86a923d508c2aed371cdd958ce82489cf2ab615 http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00012.html http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html [Security-announce] 20090710 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev sudo and curl http://secunia.com/advisories/34731 http://secunia.com/advisories/34750 http://secunia.com/advisories/34753 http://secunia.com/advisories/34771 http://secunia.com/advisories/34776 http://secunia.com/advisories/34785 http://secunia.com/advisories/34787 http://secunia.com/advisories/34801 http://secunia.com/advisories/35766 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.446399 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1772 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-18.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:103 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:104 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0427.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502752/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded 20090711 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev sudo and curl http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34536 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022067 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-758-1 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1053 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495051 https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1185 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10925 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A5975 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8572 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00462.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00463.html