[ GLSA 200904-18 ] udev: Multiple vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: udev: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 200904-18)
Severity: high
Exploitable: local
Date: April 18, 2009
Bug(s): #266290
ID: 200904-18

Synopsis

Two errors in udev allow for a local root compromise and a Denial of Service.

Background

udev is the device manager used in the Linux 2.6 kernel series.

Affected Packages

Package: sys-fs/udev
Vulnerable: < 124-r2
Unaffected: >= 124-r2
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Sebastian Krahmer of SUSE discovered the following two vulnerabilities:

• udev does not verify the origin of NETLINK messages properly (CVE-2009-1185).
• A buffer overflow exists in the util_path_encode() function in lib/libudev-util.c (CVE-2009-1186).

Impact

A local attacker could gain root privileges by sending specially crafted NETLINK messages to udev or cause a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All udev users should upgrade to the latest version: