CVE-2009-0241

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0241
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-21 11:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the process_path function in gmetad/server.c in Ganglia 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request to the gmetad service with a long pathname.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ganglia Ganglia 3.1.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ganglia "process_path()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[Ganglia-developers] patches for: [Sec] Gmetad server BoF and network ov af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mail-archive.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Ganglia: Execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Gentoo update for ganglia - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Bug 223 - CVE-2009-0241: Buffer overflow in gmetad's interactive port af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.ganglia.info
Ganglia gmetad 'process_path()' Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[Ganglia-developers] patches for: [Sec] Gmetad server BoF and network ov MITRE www.mail-archive.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-01-23Tomas HogerRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0241 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact, a future update of Red Hat HPC Solution may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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