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title: "CVE-2009-3043\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3043?format=md
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# CVE-2009-3043

Publication date 2 September 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

The tty\_ldisc\_hangup function in drivers/char/tty\_ldisc.c in the Linux
kernel 2.6.31-rc before 2.6.31-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of
service (system crash, sometimes preceded by a NULL pointer dereference) or
possibly gain privileges via certain pseudo-terminal I/O activity, as
demonstrated by KernelTtyTest.c.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3043?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| linux | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| linux-source-2.6.15 | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees)

unreleased kernel

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3043)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3043)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3043)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3043)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3043>