CVE-2008-5025

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.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3…
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/1
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/6