CVE-2009-1633
High
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.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
Product
Linux Kernel
PublishedMay 28, 2009
First seenMay 28, 2009
How to fix
Update
- linux linux_kernel2.6.29.4 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux linux_kernel | v < 2.6.29.4 | 2.6.29.4 |
| debian debian_linux | 4.0, 5.0 | — |
| canonical ubuntu_linux | 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04 | — |
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