CVE-2009-1185

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1185
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-17 14:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionudev before 1.4.1 does not verify whether a NETLINK message originates from kernel space, which allows local users to gain privileges by sending a NETLINK message from user space.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-346 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 9 All All All
Application Juniper Ctpview All All All All
Application Juniper Ctpview 7.1 - All All
Application Juniper Ctpview 7.1 r1 All All
Application Juniper Ctpview 7.2 - All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.1 All All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 10 sp2 All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 - All All
Application Udev Project Udev All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: udev-127-5.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Fedora update for udev - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1772-1 udev af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for udev - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Linux Kernel 2.6 UDEV < 141 Local Privilege Escalation Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian update for udev - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:104 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
udev Netlink Message Validation Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: udev local privilege esc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[Security-announce] VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:103 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
VMware ESX Server update for udev, sudo, and curl - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
udev Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
hotplug/udev.git - udev development tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
CVE-2009-1185 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
hotplug/udev.git - udev development tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
USN-758-1: udev vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo update for udev - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: udev-124-4.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Broken Link
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
VMSA-2009-0009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- udev: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Slackware update for udev - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 495051 – CVE-2009-1185 udev: Uncheck origin of NETLINK messages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
SUSE update for udev - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
rPath update for udev - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: udev local root exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
2015-07 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple vulnerabilities in CTPView - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
udev NETLINK Message Validation Error Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
hotplug/udev.git - udev development tree MITRE git.kernel.org
hotplug/udev.git - udev development tree MITRE git.kernel.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2009-1185 MITRE access.redhat.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 Hat2009-04-20Tomas HogerThis issue has been fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0427.html . udev packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 were not affected by this flaw, as they do not use netlink sockets for communication. udev is not shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3.
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