Linux Kernel Buffer Overflow in CIFS nativeFileSystem Field Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1022160 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1022160
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2009-1439
(Links to External Site)
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Date: May 4 2009
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.6.29 and prior
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in the Linux Kernel. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote server can send a Tree Connect response with a specially crafted nativeFileSystem value in response to an SMB mount request to overwrite memory on the target system and cause the target system to crash.
The vulnerability resides in 'fs/cifs/connect.c'.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the target system to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a source code fix, available at:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.29.y.git;a=commitdiff;h=15bd8021d870d2c4fbf8c16578d72d03cfddd3a7
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Vendor URL: www.kernel.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS:
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 23:12:44 -0400
Subject: Linux Kernel
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CVE-2009-1439
http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2009-April/004322.html
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