CVE-2009-0269

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-01-26
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

fs/ecryptfs/inode.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (fault or memory corruption), or possibly have unspecified other impact, via a readlink call that results in an error, leading to use of a -1 return value as an array index.

See more information about CVE-2009-0269 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-0326	2009-04-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-0326	2009-04-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-0326	2009-04-01