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.
References
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e2b362d9f23d4c63018709ab5f81a02f72b91e75 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://secunia.com/advisories/34776 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://secunia.com/advisories/34787 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:103 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1185 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1185 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10925 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5975 cve-icon cve-icon
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2009-04-17T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:04:49.238Z

Reserved: 2009-03-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-1185

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-04-17T14:30:00.563

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:01:51.813

Link: CVE-2009-1185

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2009-04-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-1185 - Bugzilla