CVE-2009-1186 Information

Description

Buffer overflow in the util_path_encode function in udev/lib/libudev-util.c in udev before 1.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (service outage) via vectors that trigger a call with crafted arguments.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git;a=commitdiff;h=662c3110803bd8c1aedacc36788e6fd028944314 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00006.html 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://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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502752/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34539 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022068 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-758-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1053 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495052 https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1186 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00462.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00463.html