# CVE-2009-1633: Multiple buffer overflows in the cifs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.4 allow remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-05-28 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the cifs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.4 allow remote CIFS servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly have unspecified other impact via (1) a malformed Unicode string, related to Unicode string area alignment in fs/cifs/sess.c; or (2) long Unicode characters, related to fs/cifs/cifssmb.c and the cifs_readdir function in fs/cifs/readdir.c.

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## References

- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1865
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0111
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35226
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/14/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8588
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=27b87fe52baba0a55e9723030e76fce94fabcea4
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:148
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35656
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/15/2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9525
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37351
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124099284225229&w=2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34612
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505254/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36051
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35298
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36327

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