High severity · published Aug 27, 2009
CVE-2009-2698
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…
7.8
CVSS
7.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.1% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
4.0 · source: NVD
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 2.6.19 · source: NVD
VS
vCenter Server · VMware
4.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
4.0; 5.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
4.8; 5.3 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
4.0; 5.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
5.3 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
4.0; 5.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
10 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
10 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
9; 10 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
6.06; 8.04; 8.10; 9.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2698
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2698
Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e0c14f49d6b393179f423abbac47f85618d3d46
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00008.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1222.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1223.html
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23073
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36430
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