CVE-2009-0241
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 5.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.3% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0249)
- Published
- January 21, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0249 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ganglia / ganglia
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(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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