CVE-2009-0241

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Ganglia: 3.1.1

References

http://bugzilla.ganglia.info/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33506
http://secunia.com/advisories/34228
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-22.xml
http://www.mail-archive.com/ganglia-developers%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg04929.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33299
http://bugzilla.ganglia.info/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33506
http://secunia.com/advisories/34228

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