CVE-2009-0269

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 26 Jan 2009, 15:05
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 04:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.16% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Jan 2009, 15:05
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 04:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

fs/ecryptfs/inode.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (fault or memory corruption), or possibly have unspecified other impact, via a readlink call that results in an error, leading to use of a -1 return value as an array index.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.16%• Percentile: 36%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    7.10 | 8.04 | 8.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    4.0 | 5.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 2.6.28.1

  • opensuse•opensuse

    10.3 | 11.0 | 11.1

References (27)