PT-2009-4374 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Mikulas Patocka · Published 2009-06-04 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-1914

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 2.6.29

Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash. This is related to the handling of uninitialized pointers and the request resource function when reading the /proc/iomem file on the sparc64 platform.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.6.29, update to version 2.6.29 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-1914

DSA-1844-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 12

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/33043 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1914 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51196 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/35415 · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/03/3 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36051 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/54908 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=192d7a4667c6d11d1a174ec4cad9a3c5d5f9043c · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 · Note