Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2009-0787 First vendor Publication 2009-03-24
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-02-13

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_contents function in the eCryptfs functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.9 uses an incorrect size when writing kernel memory to an eCryptfs file header, which triggers an out-of-bounds read and allows local users to obtain portions of kernel memory.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0787

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11068
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11068
Title: The ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_contents function in the eCryptfs functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.9 uses an incorrect size when writing kernel memory to an eCryptfs file header, which triggers an out-of-bounds read and allows local users to obtain portions of kernel memory.
Description: The ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_contents function in the eCryptfs functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.9 uses an incorrect size when writing kernel memory to an eCryptfs file header, which triggers an out-of-bounds read and allows local users to obtain portions of kernel memory.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-0787
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8319
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8319
Title: VMware kernel ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_contents function vulnerability
Description: The ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_contents function in the eCryptfs functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.9 uses an incorrect size when writing kernel memory to an eCryptfs file header, which triggers an out-of-bounds read and allows local users to obtain portions of kernel memory.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-0787
Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.0
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 9

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2009:0473 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_0473_kernel_centos5_i386.nasl
2009-05-11 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0473
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0473.nasl
2009-05-11 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:0473 (kernel)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_0473.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
52860 Linux Kernel eCryptfs ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_contents Function Arbitrary ...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-03-03 Name : The remote host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0016_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0473.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090507_kernel_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-0473.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-23 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-05-08 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0473.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34216
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.9
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
MISC http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdi...
OSVDB http://osvdb.org/52860
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0473.html
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022177
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/34422
http://secunia.com/advisories/35015
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0802
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49355

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