PT-2009-3246 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2009-02-17 · Updated 2012-03-19 · CVE-2009-0605

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.28.5

Description The issue is related to a stack consumption vulnerability in the do page fault function. This vulnerability can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption, or potentially gain privileges. The exploitation is possible via unspecified vectors that trigger page faults on a machine with a registered Kprobes probe.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.28.5, update to version 2.6.28.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0605

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 5

• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.5 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0605 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33758 · Patch
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9be260a646bf76fa418ee519afa10196b3164681 · Note