CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2008-4934

The hfsplus_block_allocate function in fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 does not check a certain return value from the read_mapping_page function before calling kmap, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hfsplus filesystem image.

7.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

References
Link Resource
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1 Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=649f1ee6c705aab644035a7998d7b574193a598a Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32510 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:234 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33180 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32998 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33556 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33858 Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32096 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46327 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11635 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2008-11-05 03:00

Updated : 2018-11-02 01:47

NVD link : CVE-2008-4934

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4934

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-20