{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2009-1046", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "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." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "[linux-kernel] 20090130 [PATCH] Fix memory corruption in console selection", "refsource" : "MLIST", "url" : "http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2009/01/30/333" }, { "name" : "[linux-kernel] 20090202 Re: [PATCH] Fix memory corruption in console selection", "refsource" : "MLIST", "url" : "http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2009/02/02/364" }, { "name" : "[oss-security] 20090212 Re: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33672/info kernel", "refsource" : "MLIST", "url" : "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/10" }, { "name" : "[oss-security] 20090212 Re: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33672/info kernel issue", "refsource" : "MLIST", "url" : "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/11" }, { "name" : "[oss-security] 20090212 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33672/info kernel issue", "refsource" : "MLIST", "url" : "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/9" }, { "name" : "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.4", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.4" }, { "name" : "DSA-1787", "refsource" : "DEBIAN", "url" : "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787" }, { "name" : "DSA-1800", "refsource" : "DEBIAN", "url" : "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800" }, { "name" : "RHSA-2009:0451", "refsource" : "REDHAT", "url" : "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html" }, { "name" : "USN-751-1", "refsource" : "UBUNTU", "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1" }, { "name" : "33672", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33672" }, { "name" : "34917", "refsource" : "SECUNIA", "url" : "http://secunia.com/advisories/34917" }, { "name" : "34981", "refsource" : "SECUNIA", "url" : "http://secunia.com/advisories/34981" }, { "name" : "35121", "refsource" : "SECUNIA", "url" : "http://secunia.com/advisories/35121" } ] } }