CVE-2008-5025

kernel: hfs: fix namelength memory corruption

Published Nov 17, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 3.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_cat_find_brec function in fs/hfs/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 hfs filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, a related issue to CVE-2008-4933.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1681-1 New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1687-1 New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-5004 Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_cat_find_brec function in fs/hfs/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 hfs filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, a related issue to CVE-2008-4933.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-679-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
References
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d38b7aa7fc3371b52d036748028db50b585ade2e cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/7 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/11/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/11/12 cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/49863 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32719 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32998 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33180 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33556 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33641 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33704 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33858 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:246 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32289 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021230 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470769 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46605 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5025 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10470 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5025 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:40 AM
Reserved
Nov 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 17, 2008, 11:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:59 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Oct 15, 2008, 12:00 AM