# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-04-08 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:135
- http://osvdb.org/53630
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35656
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10423
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- http://osvdb.org/53571
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35185
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=83e0bbcbe2145f160fbaa109b0439dae7f4a38a9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34654
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/08/2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1
- http://osvdb.org/53631
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35387
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:119
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35121
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35394

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