CVE-2008-4933

Linux Kernel < 2.6.28 - Buffer Overflow in hfsplus_find_cat

Title source: llm

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.

References (22)

Core 22

Core References

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32998

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:234

Patch x_refsource_confirm

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=efc7ffcb4237f8cb9938909041c4ed38f6e1bf40

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/33641

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46405

Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32093

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/33556

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32918

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/33858

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11061

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/2

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32510

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/33180

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/33704

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0290

EPSS Percentile 85.4%

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (43)

linux/linux_kernel 2.2.27

linux/linux_kernel 2.4.36

linux/linux_kernel 2.4.36.1

linux/linux_kernel 2.4.36.2

linux/linux_kernel 2.4.36.3

linux/linux_kernel 2.4.36.4

linux/linux_kernel 2.4.36.5

linux/linux_kernel 2.4.36.6

linux/linux_kernel 2.6

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.18 (8 CPE variants)

... and 33 more

Published Nov 05, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026