Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2009-0787
Published: June 4, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91075
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-0787
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_contents() function in the eCryptfs functionality. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2009-0787
Install updates from vendor's website.
Linux kernel - update to 2.6.28.9
External References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0802
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.9
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34422
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34216
- http://osvdb.org/52860
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022177
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0473.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35015
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49355
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8319
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11068
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8faece5f906725c10e7a1f6caf84452abadbdc7b