FKIE_CVE-2009-1186
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-04-17 14:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:06
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in the util_path_encode function in udev/lib/libudev-util.c in udev before 1.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (service outage) via vectors that trigger a call with crafted arguments.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| udev_project | udev | * | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 10 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 10.3 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.0 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.1 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 10 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 11 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 10 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 4.0 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 5.0 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 7.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.10 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 9 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 10 |
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