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Bug 263788 (CVE-2009-1046) - Kernel: <2.6.28.4, 2.6.25 UTF-8 DOS (CVE-2009-1046)
Summary: Kernel: <2.6.28.4, 2.6.25 UTF-8 DOS (CVE-2009-1046)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2009-1046
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel...
Whiteboard: [linux <2.6.27.15] [linux >=2.6.28 <2...
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Reported: 2009-03-25 22:21 UTC by Stefan Behte (RETIRED)
Modified: 2013-09-05 03:52 UTC (History)
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Description Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev Security 2009-03-25 22:21:02 UTC
CVE-2009-1046 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-1046):
  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 "an off-by-two memory
  error." NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege
  boundaries.