Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2009-1439

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Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2009-1439

Published: April 27, 2009 / Updated: October 10, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU91217
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1439
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the CIFSTCon() function in fs/cifs/connect.c. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2009-1439

Install update from vendor's website.

linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.15-54.77
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.6.24-24.55, 2.6.27-14.35, 2.6.28-13.45

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