CVE-2009-0912

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0912
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-16 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-17 01:30:00 UTC
Descriptionperl-MDK-Common 1.1.11 and 1.1.24, 1.2.9 through 1.2.14, and possibly other versions, in Mandriva Linux does not properly handle strings when writing them to configuration files, which allows attackers to gain privileges via "special characters" in unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Mandriva Linux 2008.0 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 2008.0 - x86_64 All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 2008.1 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 2008.1 - x86_64 All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 2009.0 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 2009.0 - x86_64 All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 2008.0 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 2008.0 - x86_64 All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 2008.1 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 2008.1 - x86_64 All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 2009.0 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 2009.0 - x86_64 All
Operating System Mandriva Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Linux Corporate Server 3.0 - x86_64 All
Operating System Mandriva Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Linux Corporate Server 4.0 - x86_64 All
Operating System Mandriva Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Linux Corporate Server 3.0 - x86_64 All
Operating System Mandriva Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Linux Corporate Server 4.0 - x86_64 All
Application Mandriva Multi Network Firewall 2.0 All All All
Application Mandriva Multi Network Firewall 2.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:072 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Mandriva perl-MDK-Common Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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