udev access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in udev. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2005-3631. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in udev (affected version not known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

udev does not properly set permissions on certain files in /dev/input which allows local users to obtain sensitive data that is entered at the console such as user passwords.

The bug was discovered 12/20/2005. The weakness was published 12/22/2005 by Richard Cunningham (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3631 since 11/16/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21970 (CentOS 4 : udev (CESA-2005:864)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117786 (CentOS Security Update for udev (CESA-2005:864)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (21970), SecurityFocus (BID 15994†), OSVDB (22001†), Secunia (SA18193†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015386†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 21970
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : udev (CESA-2005:864)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/16/2005 🔍
12/20/2005 +34 days 🔍
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01/03/2006 +12 days 🔍
07/05/2006 +183 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3172 days 🔍
06/29/2025 +3761 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Richard Cunningham
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-3631 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3631
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27715

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SecurityFocus: 15994 - RedHat Enterprise Linux UDEV Insecure Permissions Vulnerability
Secunia: 18193 - Red Hat update for udev, Less Critical
OSVDB: 22001 - CVE-2005-3631 - Red Hat - RHEL - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1015386
Vulnerability Center: 10087 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Information Disclosure Due to Improper Permissions in UDEV Package, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/29/2025 01:52
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (69), 06/13/2019 07:00 (5), 06/29/2025 01:52 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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