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CVE-2009-1633 Detail

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the cifs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.4 allow remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly have unspecified other impact via (1) a malformed Unicode string, related to Unicode string area alignment in fs/cifs/sess.c; or (2) long Unicode characters, related to fs/cifs/cifssmb.c and the cifs_readdir function in fs/cifs/readdir.c.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/10/2009)

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, and 3. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1211.html , https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1106.html , and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html .

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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b0c8fcff47a885743125dd843db64af41af5a61
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=968460ebd8006d55661dec0fb86712b40d71c413
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=27b87fe52baba0a55e9723030e76fce94fabcea4
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124099284225229&w=2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124099371726547&w=2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0111 Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1809 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1865 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.4 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:148 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/14/1 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/14/4 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/15/2 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505254/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34612 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496572 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8588 Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9525 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01271.html Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1633
NVD Published Date:
05/28/2009
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE