National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1439

Overview

Buffer overflow in fs/cifs/connect.c in CIFS in the Linux kernel 2.6.29 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long nativeFileSystem field in a Tree Connect response to an SMB mount request.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-5383

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01271.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-5356

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494275

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494275

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492282

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492282

External Source: MISC

Name: http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/linux-kernel-tree-connect-cifs-remote-buffer-overflow/

Hyperlink:http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/linux-kernel-tree-connect-cifs-remote-buffer-overflow/

External Source: BID

Name: 34453

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34453

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090516 rPSA-2009-0084-1 kernel

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:1081

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090407 Re: CVE request? buffer overflow in CIFS in 2.6.*

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/7

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090407 Re: CVE request? buffer overflow in CIFS in 2.6.*

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/3

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090405 CVE request? buffer overflow in CIFS in 2.6.*

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/04/1

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1800

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1794

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1787

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35394

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35394

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35390

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35390

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35387

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35387

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35226

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35226

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35217

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35217

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35185

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35185

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35121

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35121

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35120

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35120

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35011

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35011

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34981

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34981

External Source: MLIST

Name: [linux-cifs-client] 20090406 [PATCH] cifs: Fix insufficient memory allocation for nativeFileSystem field

Hyperlink:http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2009-April/004322.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2009:032

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2009:031

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2009:030

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2009:028

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b363b3304bcf68c4541683b2eff70b29f0446a5b

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b363b3304bcf68c4541683b2eff70b29f0446a5b

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b72905a8

Hyperlink:http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b72905a8