PT-2009-5375 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Eugene Teo · Published 2009-09-02 · Updated 2012-03-19 · CVE-2009-3043

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 2.6.31-rc8

Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, which may sometimes be preceded by a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly gain privileges. This is achieved through certain pseudo-terminal I/O activity.

Recommendations: For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.31-rc8, update to version 2.6.31-rc8 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3043

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 11

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/36191 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/20/21 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/20/27 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/33193 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3043 · Security Note
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/20/68 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5c58ceff103d8a654f24769bb1baaf84a841b0cc · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/6 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/1 · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc8 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/7 · Note