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    CVE-2009-1439

    Buffer overflow in fs/cifs/connect.c in CIFS in the Linux kernel 2.6.29 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long nativeFileSystem field in a Tree Connect response to an SMB mount request.

    Published:Mar 26, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Apr 27, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.02344
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Mrg

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b72905a8
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b363b3304bcf68c4541683b2eff70b29f0446a5b
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html
    http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2009-April/004322.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35120
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35121
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35185
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35217
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35226
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35343
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35387
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35394
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35656
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
    http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/04/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/3
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/7
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34453
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
    http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/linux-kernel-tree-connect-cifs-remote-buffer-overflow/
    https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492282
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494275
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10321
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8265
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01271.html
    http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b72905a8
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b363b3304bcf68c4541683b2eff70b29f0446a5b
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html
    http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2009-April/004322.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35120
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35121
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35185
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35217
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35226
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35343
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35387
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35394
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35656
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
    http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/04/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/3
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/7
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34453
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
    http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/linux-kernel-tree-connect-cifs-remote-buffer-overflow/
    https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492282
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494275
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10321
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8265
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01271.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High