CVE-2009-2698

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-08-27
Impact:	Important	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.2
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
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