Summary
The remote host is missing an update to udev
announced via advisory USN-758-1.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
udev 079-0ubuntu35.1
Ubuntu 7.10:
udev 113-0ubuntu17.2
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
udev 117-8ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 8.10:
udev 124-9ubuntu0.2
After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-758-1
Insight
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that udev did not correctly validate netlink message senders. A local attacker could send specially crafted messages to udev in order to gain root privileges. (CVE-2009-1185)
Sebastian Krahmer discovered a buffer overflow in the path encoding routines in udev. A local attacker could exploit this to crash udev, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1186)
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1185, CVE-2009-1186 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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