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CVE-2009-3043

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Date: September 2, 2009

The tty_ldisc_hangup function in drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc before 2.6.31-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash, sometimes preceded by a NULL pointer dereference) or possibly gain privileges via certain pseudo-terminal I/O activity, as demonstrated by KernelTtyTest.c.

Language: C

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Related Resources (11)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3043
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/20/68
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5c58ceff103d8a654f24769bb1baaf84a841b0cc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36191
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/20/27
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/20/21
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/1
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/6
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-3043

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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