CVE-2009-1633

Published: May 28, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

7.1

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (7)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel · Debian: Debian Linux · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Before 2.6.29.4

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 4.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 5.0

Configuration C

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 6.06
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 8.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 8.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 9.04

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (76)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b0c8fcff47a885743125dd843db64af41af5a61

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=968460ebd8006d55661dec0fb86712b40d71c413

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=27b87fe52baba0a55e9723030e76fce94fabcea4

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124099284225229&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124099371726547&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/35217

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/35226

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/35298

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/35656

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/35847

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/36051

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/36327

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/37351

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/37471

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0111

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1809

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1865

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.4

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:148

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/14/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/14/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/15/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505254/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34612

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496572

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8588

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9525

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01271.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b0c8fcff47a885743125dd843db64af41af5a61