CVE-2008-5025

Impact

Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_cat_find_brec function in fs/hfs/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 hfs filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, a related issue to CVE-2008-4933.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d38b7aa7fc3371b52d036748028db50b585ade2e
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/1
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/6
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/7
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/11/1
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/11/12
• http://osvdb.org/49863
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32719
• 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-2008:246
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32289
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021230