CVE-2009-2918 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The tgbvpn.sys driver in TheGreenBow IPSec VPN Client 4.61.003 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted request to the 0x80000034 IOCTL, probably involving an input or output buffer size of 0.

Published: 2009-08-21

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:thegreenbow:thegreenbow_vpn_client:4.61.003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-2906	The tgbvpn.sys driver in TheGreenBow IPSec VPN Client 4.61.003 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted request to the 0x80000034 IOCTL, probably involving an input or output buffer size of 0.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00126.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/36332
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505816/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2294
https://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/Advisory/TheGreenBow_VPN_Client_tgbvpn.sys_DoS.php

History

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Subscriptions

Thegreenbow Thegreenbow Vpn Client

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-08-21T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:07:37.407Z

Reserved: 2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2918

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-21T11:30:00.297

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2918

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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