ISS X-Force Database: linux-kernel-hfsplusfindcat-bo(46405): Linux Kernel hfsplus_find

Linux Kernel hfsplus_find_cat() function buffer overflow

linux-kernel-hfsplusfindcat-bo (46405)

High Risk

Description:

The Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the hfsplus_find_cat() function. A local attacker could exploit this vunerability via an hfsplus filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application to crash.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	4.6
Access Vector:	Local
Access Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Temporal Score:	3.4
Exploitability:	Unproven
Remediation Level:	Official-Fix
Report Confidence:	Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Privileges

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of the Linux Kernel (2.6.28-rc1 or later), available from The Linux Kernel Archives Web site. See References.

References:

The Linux Kernel Archives Web site: The Linux Kernel Archives.
The Linux Kernel Archives Web site: ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1.
ASA-2009-058: kernel security and bug fix update (RHSA-2009-0014)
BID-32093: Linux Kernel 'hfsplus_find_cat()' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2008-4933: 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.
DSA-1681: linux-2.6.24 -- denial of service/privilege escalation
DSA-1687: linux-2.6 -- denial of service/privilege escalation
MDVSA-2008:234: kernel
MDVSA-2008:246: kernel
RHSA-2009-0014: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
RHSA-2009-0264: Important: kernel security update
SA32510: Linux Kernel "hfsplus_find_cat()" and "hfsplus_block_allocate()" Denial of Service
SUSE-SA:2009:003: Linux kernel security problem
SUSE-SA:2009:004: Linux kernel security problems
SUSE-SA:2009:008: SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 kernel update
USN-679-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Canonical Ubuntu 7.10
Canonical Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Canonical Ubuntu 8.10
Debian Debian Linux 4.0
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14.1
Linux Kernel 2.6.12 rc6
Linux Kernel 2.6.12.1
Linux Kernel 2.6.12.12
Linux Kernel 2.6.12.2
Linux Kernel 2.6.12.22
Linux Kernel 2.6.12.3
Linux Kernel 2.6.12.4
Linux Kernel 2.6.12.5
Linux Kernel 2.6.12.6
Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc7
Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc6
Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc5
Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.13 rc4
Linux Kernel 2.6.13
Linux Kernel 2.6.13.1
Linux Kernel 2.6.13.2
Linux Kernel 2.6.13.3
Linux Kernel 2.6.13.4
Linux Kernel 2.6.13.5
Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc5
Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc4
Linux Kernel 2.6.14 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.14
Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc7
Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc6
Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc5
Linux Kernel 2.6.15 rc4
Linux Kernel 2.6.15.11
Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc7
Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc4
Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc5
Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.17 rc6
Linux Kernel 2.6.18 8.1.8.El5
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.10
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.11
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.12
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.13
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.14
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.15
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.16
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.17
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.18
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.19
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.20
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.21
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.22
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.23
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.24
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.25
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.26
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.27
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.28
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.29
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.30
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.31
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.32
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.33
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.34
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.35
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.36
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.37
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.38
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.39
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.40
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.41
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.42
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.43
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.44
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.45
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.46
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.47
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.48
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.49
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.50
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.51
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.52
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.53
Linux Kernel 2.6.18.9
Linux Kernel 2.6.19 rc4
Linux Kernel 2.6.19 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.19 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.19
Linux Kernel 2.6.19 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.19.0
Linux Kernel 2.6.19.1
Linux Kernel 2.6.19.2
Linux Kernel 2.6.19.3
Linux Kernel 2.6.19.4
Linux Kernel 2.6.19.5
Linux Kernel 2.6.19.6
Linux Kernel 2.6.19.7
Linux Kernel 2.6.2 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.2 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.2 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.20 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.20.16
Linux Kernel 2.6.20.17
Linux Kernel 2.6.20.18
Linux Kernel 2.6.20.19
Linux Kernel 2.6.20.20
Linux Kernel 2.6.20.21
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 rc5
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 git1
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 git3
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 git4
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 git5
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 git6
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 git7
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 rc7
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 rc6
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 git2
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 rc4
Linux Kernel 2.6.21 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.21.5
Linux Kernel 2.6.21.6
Linux Kernel 2.6.21.7
Linux Kernel 2.6.22 rc7
Linux Kernel 2.6.22 rc6
Linux Kernel 2.6.22 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.10
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.11
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.12
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.13
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.14
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.15
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.17
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.18
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.19
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.2
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.20
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.21
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.22
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.8
Linux Kernel 2.6.22.9
Linux Kernel 2.6.23.10
Linux Kernel 2.6.23.11
Linux Kernel 2.6.23.12
Linux Kernel 2.6.23.13
Linux Kernel 2.6.23.15
Linux Kernel 2.6.23.16
Linux Kernel 2.6.23.17
Linux Kernel 2.6.23.6
Linux Kernel 2.6.23.7
Linux Kernel 2.6.23.8
Linux Kernel 2.6.24 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.24
Linux Kernel 2.6.24 rc5
Linux Kernel 2.6.24 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.24 rc4
Linux Kernel 2.6.24 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.24.1
Linux Kernel 2.6.24.2
Linux Kernel 2.6.24.3
Linux Kernel 2.6.24.4
Linux Kernel 2.6.24.5
Linux Kernel 2.6.24.6
Linux Kernel 2.6.24.7
Linux Kernel 2.6.25
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.1
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.10
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.11
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.12
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.13
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.14
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.15
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.2
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.3
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.4
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.5
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.6
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.7
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.8
Linux Kernel 2.6.25.9
Linux Kernel 2.6.26 rc5-git1
Linux Kernel 2.6.26
Linux Kernel 2.6.26 rc6
Linux Kernel 2.6.26.1
Linux Kernel 2.6.26.2
Linux Kernel 2.6.26.2 rc4
Linux Kernel 2.6.26.3
Linux Kernel 2.6.26.5
Linux Kernel 2.6.27 rc6
Linux Kernel 2.6.27 rc5
Linux Kernel 2.6.27 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.27 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.3 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.3 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.3 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.3 rc4
Linux Kernel 2.6.3
Linux Kernel 2.6.4 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.4 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.4 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.4
Linux Kernel 2.6.5 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.5 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.5 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.5
Linux Kernel 2.6.6 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.6 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.6 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.6
Linux Kernel 2.6.7 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.7 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.7 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.7
Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc4
Linux Kernel 2.6.8 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.8
Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1
Linux Kernel 2.6.8.1.5
Linux Kernel 2.6.9 rc3
Linux Kernel 2.6.9 rc1
Linux Kernel 2.6.9 rc2
Linux Kernel 2.6.9 rc4
Linux Kernel 2.6.9 final
Linux Kernel 2.6.9
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14.2
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14.3
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14.4
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14.5
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14.6
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.14.7
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.1
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.2
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.3
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.4
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.5
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.6
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.15.7
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc5
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16 rc6
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.1
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.10
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.11
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.12
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.13
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.14
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.15
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.16
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.17
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.18
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.19
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.2
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.20
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.21
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.22
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.23
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.24
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.25
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.26
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.27
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.28
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.29
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.3
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.30
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.31
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.32
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.33
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.34
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.35
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.36
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.37
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.38
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.39
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.4
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.40
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.41
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.43
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.44
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.45
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.46
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.47
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.48
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.49
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.5
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.50
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.51
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.52
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.53
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.6
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.7
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.8
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.1
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.10
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.11
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.12
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.13
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.14
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.2
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.3
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.4
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.5
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.6
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.7
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.8
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.17.9
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18 rc7
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18 rc6
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18 rc5
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18.1
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18.2
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18.3
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18.4
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18.5
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18.6
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18.7
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.18.8
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.2
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.1
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.10
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.11
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.12
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.13
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.14
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.15
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.2
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.3
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.4
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.5
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.6
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.7
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.8
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.20.9
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.21
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.21.1
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.21.2
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.21.3
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.21.4
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.22
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.22.1
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.22.16
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.22.3
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.22.4
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.22.5
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.22.6
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.22.7
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.23 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.23
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.23 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.23.1
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.23.14
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.23.2
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.23.3
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.23.4
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.23.5
Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.23.9
Mandriva Linux 2009.0 X86_64
Mandriva Linux 2009.0
Novell OpenSUSE 10.3
Novell OpenSUSE 11.0
Novell SLE SDK 10 SP2
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.7.z AS
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.3.z EUS
RedHat Enterprise Linux Long Life 5.3
RedHat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7.z ES

Reported:

Oct 15, 2008

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