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CVE-2008-5025 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d38b7aa7fc3371b52d036748028db50b585ade2e CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html CVE, MITRE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/1 CVE, MITRE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/3 CVE, MITRE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/6 CVE, MITRE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/7 CVE, MITRE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/11/1 CVE, MITRE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/11/12 CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/49863 CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32719 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32998 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33180 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33556 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33641 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33704 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33858 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:246 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32289 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021230 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470769 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46605 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10470 CVE, MITRE

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-2008-5025
NVD Published Date:
11/17/2008
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE