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Ubuntu 758-1: Moderate Security Risks with Udev Root Access and DoS

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Calendar Grey April 15, 2009
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Uncover significant udev security flaws in Ubuntu which enable local assailants to obtain elevated privileges or lead to service disruptions.
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that udev did not correctly validate netlinkmessage senders

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Ubuntu local attack root access udev

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udev vulnerabilities

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow Ubuntu local attack root access udev

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