National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3915
Original release date:09/11/2008
Last revised:10/31/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4, when NFSv4 is enabled, allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to decoding an NFSv4 acl.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (01/15/2009)
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This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5.
It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise MRG for RHEL-5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461101
External Source: XF
Name: linux-kernel-nfsv4-bo(45055)
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-659-1
External Source: BID
Name: 31133
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0857
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20080904 CVE request: kernel: nfsd: fix buffer overrun decoding NFSv4 acl
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20080904 Re: CVE request: kernel: nfsd: fix buffer overrun decoding NFSv4 acl
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1636
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32393
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32190
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31881
External Source: MLIST
Name: [linux-kernel] 20080903 [patch 05/16] nfsd: fix buffer overrun decoding NFSv4 acl
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=91b80969ba466ba4b915a4a1d03add8c297add3f
