CVE-2009-1046 (GCVE-0-2009-1046)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-03-23 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:57
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-04… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2009/01/30/333 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/35121 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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