CVE-2009-0035

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-11-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

alsa-utils 1.0.19 and later versions allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack via the /usr/bin/alsa-info and /usr/bin/alsa-info.sh scripts.

Affected products

alsa-driver: from 1.0.19 before 1.0.20 — fixed in 1.0.20

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: alsa-driver 1.0.20. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0035
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0035
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0035
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0035
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0035
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0035

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