CVE-2008-4933

Buffer overflow in the hfsplus_find_cat function in fs/hfsplus/catalog.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or system crash) via an hfsplus filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, related to the hfsplus_cat_build_key_uni function.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-11-05

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=efc7ffcb4237f8cb9938909041c4ed38f6e1…
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32510
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32918
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33180
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33556
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33641
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33704
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33858
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:234
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/2
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32093
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46405
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11061