Explain CVE-2009-1265
Integer overflow in rose_sendmsg (sys/net/af_rose.c) in the Linux kernel 2.6.24.4, and other versions before 2.6.30-rc1, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a large length value, which causes "garbage" memory to be sent.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '35390', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35390'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2009:135', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:135'}, {'name': '53630', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_OSVDB'], 'url': 'http://osvdb.org/53630'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2009:028', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2009:032', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html'}, {'name': '35656', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35656'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10423'}, {'name': 'DSA-1794', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794'}, {'name': '53571', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_OSVDB'], 'url': 'http://osvdb.org/53571'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2009:030', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html'}, {'name': '35185', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35185'}, {'name': '35011', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35011'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=83e0bbcbe2145f160fbaa109b0439dae7f4a38a9'}, {'name': '34654', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34654'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20090408 CVE-2009-1265 kernel: af_rose/x25: Sanity check the maximum user frame size', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/08/2'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2009:031', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html'}, {'name': 'USN-793-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1'}, {'name': '53631', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_OSVDB'], 'url': 'http://osvdb.org/53631'}, {'name': '34981', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34981'}, {'name': 'DSA-1800', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800'}, {'name': '35387', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35387'}, {'name': 'DSA-1787', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2009:119', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:119'}, {'name': '35121', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35121'}, {'name': '35394', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35394'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED