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.
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DSA-1809-1 | New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several vulnerabilities |
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DSA-1844-1 | New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several vulnerabilities |
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DSA-1865-1 | New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities |
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EUVD-2009-1628 | 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. |
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USN-793-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T05:20:34.936Z
Reserved: 2009-05-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2009-1633

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2009-05-28T20:30:00.233
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2009-1633


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