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CVE-2008-3528 Detail

Description

The error-reporting functionality in (1) fs/ext2/dir.c, (2) fs/ext3/dir.c, and possibly (3) fs/ext4/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.5 does not limit the number of printk console messages that report directory corruption, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (temporary system hang) by mounting a filesystem that has corrupted dir->i_size and dir->i_blocks values and performing (a) read or (b) write operations. NOTE: there are limited scenarios in which this crosses privilege boundaries.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/13/98 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/13/99 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/17/371 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32356 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32370 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32509 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32709 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32799 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32998 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33180 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33586 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33758 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:224 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498285/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459577 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45720 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10852 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8642 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3528
NVD Published Date:
09/27/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.