CVE-2009-1046

Description (CNA)

The console selection feature in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.4, 2.6.25, and possibly earlier versions, when the UTF-8 console is used, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by selecting a small number of 3-byte UTF-8 characters, which triggers an "off-by-two memory error." NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/9
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33672
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
• http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2009/02/02/364
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/11
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34917
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html
• http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2009/01/30/333
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35121

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