ganglia: gmetad buffer overflow
Published Jan 21, 2009
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.35%
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
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0241 The Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having moderate security impact, a future update of Red Hat HPC Solution may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 5.35% (0.05346) | 92.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.35% (0.05346) | 91.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 13.32% (0.13317) | 94.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 10, 2026 | 12.05% (0.12049) | 93.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 9, 2025 | 8.91% (0.08907) | 92.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 10.97% (0.10975) | 92.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 25.39% (0.25391) | 93.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 10.97% (0.10975) | 92.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 22, 2024 | 58.56% (0.58561) | 97.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 6, 2024 | 71.62% (0.71620) | 98.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 73.13% (0.73125) | 97.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 26, 2023 | 64.92% (0.64921) | 97.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 67.31% (0.67307) | 97.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.20% (0.07197) | 92.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.20% (0.07197) | 91.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.20% (0.07197) | 80.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://bugzilla.ganglia.info/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33506 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34228 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-22.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mail-archive.com/ganglia-developers%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg04929.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33299 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0241 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=480236 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0241
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0241
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugzilla.ganglia.info/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33506 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34228 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-22.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.mail-archive.com/ganglia-developers%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg04929.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33299 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0241 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=480236 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0241 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0241 |
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