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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-1186 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in the util_path_encode function in udev/lib/libudev-util.c in udev before 1.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (service outage) via vectors that trigger a call with crafted arguments.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/17/2009)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of udev as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=662c3110803bd8c1aedacc36788e6fd028944314 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34731 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34750 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34753 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34771 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34776 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34785 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34787 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34801 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.446399 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1772 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-18.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:103 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502752/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34539 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022068 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-758-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1053 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495052 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1186 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00462.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00463.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1186
NVD Published Date:
04/17/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.