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High
CVE-2008-4933
Buffer overflow in the hfsplus_find_cat function in fs/hfsplus/catalog.c in the...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:234
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=efc7ffcb4237f8cb9938909041c4ed38f6e1bf40
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33641
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46405
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32093
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33556
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33858
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11061
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32510
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33180
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33704
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.2.27, 2.4.36, 2.4.36.1, 2.4.36.2, 2.4.36.3, 2.4.36.4, 2.4.36.5, 2.4.36.6, 2.6, 2.6.18, 2.6.19.4, 2.6.19.5, 2.6.19.6, 2.6.19.7, 2.6.20.16, 2.6.20.17, 2.6.20.18, 2.6.20.19, 2.6.20.20, 2.6.20.21, 2.6.21.5, 2.6.21.6, 2.6.21.7, 2.6.22, 2.6.22.1, 2.6.22.2, 2.6.22.8, 2.6.22.9, 2.6.22.10, 2.6.22.11, 2.6.22.12, 2.6.22.13, 2.6.22.14, 2.6.22.15, 2.6.22.17, 2.6.22.18, 2.6.22.19, 2.6.22.20, 2.6.22.21, 2.6.22.22, 2.6.22_rc1, 2.6.22_rc7, 2.6.23, 2.6.23.8, 2.6.23.9, 2.6.23.10, 2.6.23.11, 2.6.23.12, 2.6.23.13, 2.6.23.15, 2.6.23.16, 2.6.23.17, 2.6.23_rc1, 2.6.24, 2.6.24.1, 2.6.24.2, 2.6.24.3, 2.6.24.4, 2.6.24.5, 2.6.24.6, 2.6.24.7, 2.6.24_rc1, 2.6.24_rc4, 2.6.24_rc5, 2.6.25, 2.6.25.1, 2.6.25.2, 2.6.25.3, 2.6.25.4, 2.6.25.5, 2.6.25.6, 2.6.25.7, 2.6.25.8, 2.6.25.9, 2.6.25.10, 2.6.25.11, 2.6.25.12, 2.6.25.13, 2.6.25.14, 2.6.25.15, 2.6.25.16, 2.6.25.17, 2.6.26, 2.6.26.1, 2.6.26.2, 2.6.26.3, 2.6.26.4, 2.6.26.5, 2.6.27
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 5th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.