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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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-1809-1 | New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several vulnerabilities |
Debian DSA |
DSA-1844-1 | New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several vulnerabilities |
Debian DSA |
DSA-1865-1 | New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities |
EUVD |
EUVD-2009-1628 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-793-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T05:20:34.936Z
Reserved: 2009-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2009-1633
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Status : Modified
Published: 2009-05-28T20:30:00.233
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2009-1633
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN