Explain CVE-2009-1439
Buffer overflow in fs/cifs/connect.c in CIFS in the Linux kernel 2.6.29 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long nativeFileSystem field in a Tree Connect response to an SMB mount request.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '35390', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35390'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20090407 Re: CVE request? buffer overflow in CIFS in 2.6.*', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/7'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20090405 CVE request? buffer overflow in CIFS in 2.6.*', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/04/1'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b363b3304bcf68c4541683b2eff70b29f0446a5b'}, {'name': '35226', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35226'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2009:028', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html'}, {'name': '37471', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/37471'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2009-5356', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2009:032', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html'}, {'name': '35656', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35656'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/linux-kernel-tree-connect-cifs-remote-buffer-overflow/'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8265', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8265'}, {'name': 'DSA-1794', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794'}, {'name': '20090516 rPSA-2009-0084-1 kernel', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': '34453', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34453'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2009:030', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html'}, {'name': '35185', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35185'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494275'}, {'name': '35011', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35011'}, {'name': '20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b72905a8'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20090407 Re: CVE request? buffer overflow in CIFS in 2.6.*', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/3'}, {'name': '35120', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35120'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492282'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2009:031', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html'}, {'name': 'USN-793-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2009-5383', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01271.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2009:1081', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html'}, {'name': '34981', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34981'}, {'name': 'DSA-1800', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800'}, {'name': '35343', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35343'}, {'name': '[linux-cifs-client] 20090406 [PATCH] cifs: Fix insufficient memory allocation for nativeFileSystem field', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2009-April/004322.html'}, {'name': '35387', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35387'}, {'name': 'DSA-1787', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787'}, {'name': '35217', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35217'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10321', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10321'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084'}, {'name': '35121', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35121'}, {'name': 'ADV-2009-3316', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316'}, {'name': '35394', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35394'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED