Upstream information
Description
Buffer overflow in the hfsplus_find_cat function in fs/hfsplus/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 hfsplus filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, related to the hfsplus_cat_build_key_uni function.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package
SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details.SUSE Bugzilla entry: 442594 [RESOLVED / FIXED]
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2009:003, published Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SA:2009:004, published Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SA:2009:008, published Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:00:00 +0000
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 18:32:05 2013CVE page last modified: Mon Mar 17 16:15:35 2025