CVE-2009-2698 describes a local privilege escalation or denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.19, affecting the udp_sendmsg function in both IPv4 and IPv6 UDP implementations. This flaw impacts various distributions including Canonical, Fedora, Red Hat, SUSE, and VMware. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it allows a local attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through a NULL pointer dereference by manipulating the MSG_MORE flag on a UDP socket. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, publicly available exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its exploitability, despite a lack of broader community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
8.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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