CVE-2009-1265

Integer overflow in rose_sendmsg (sys/net/af_rose.c) in the Linux kernel 2.6.24.4, and other versions before 2.6.30-rc1, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a large length value, which causes "garbage" memory to be sent.

Affected products

Linux Kernel, Opensuse

Linux Linux Kernel

= 2.6.24.4, 2.6.24.5, 2.6.24.6, 2.6.24.7, 2.6.25, 2.6.25.1, 2.6.25.2, 2.6.25.3, 2.6.25.4, 2.6.25.5, 2.6.25.6, 2.6.25.7, 2.6.25.8, 2.6.25.9, 2.6.25.10, 2.6.25.11, 2.6.25.12, 2.6.25.13, 2.6.25.14, 2.6.25.15, 2.6.25.16, 2.6.25.17, 2.6.25.18, 2.6.25.19, 2.6.25.20, 2.6.26, 2.6.26.1, 2.6.26.2, 2.6.26.3, 2.6.26.4, 2.6.26.5, 2.6.26.6, 2.6.26.7, 2.6.27, 2.6.27.1, 2.6.27.2, 2.6.27.3, 2.6.27.4, 2.6.27.5, 2.6.27.6

CVSS 2.0

5.0 MEDIUM

EPSS

3.2% (87th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-189

NVD status

Modified

Published

2009-04-08