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title: "CVE-2009-0241\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-0241

Publication date 21 January 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the process\_path function in gmetad/server.c
in Ganglia 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(crash) via a request to the gmetad service with a long pathname.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ganglia | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| ganglia-monitor-core | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0241)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0241)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-0241)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0241)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0241>
