CVE-2009-4020

Linux kernel <2.6.32 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted Hierarchical File System (HFS) filesystem, related to the hfs_readdir function in fs/hfs/dir.c.

References (15)

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=125987755823047&w=2

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666

[Patch] http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/hfs-fix-a-potential-buffer-overflow.patch

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540736

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10091

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6750

[Vendor Advisory] https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/04/1

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/38276

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/39742

Scores

EPSS 0.0381

EPSS Percentile 87.9%

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Dec 04, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026