CVE-2009-2698

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-08-27

Description

The udp_sendmsg function in the UDP implementation in (1) net/ipv4/udp.c and (2) net/ipv6/udp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving the MSG_MORE flag and a UDP socket.

See more information about CVE-2009-2698 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.2	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-1223	2009-08-24
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-1223	2009-08-24
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.9.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-1223	2009-08-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-1222	2009-08-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-128.7.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-1222	2009-08-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-128.7.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-1222	2009-08-24

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