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CVE-2009-1633 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b0c8fcff47a885743125dd843db64af41af5a61	CVE
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=968460ebd8006d55661dec0fb86712b40d71c413	CVE
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=27b87fe52baba0a55e9723030e76fce94fabcea4	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124099284225229&w=2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124099371726547&w=2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496572	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35217	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35226	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35298	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35656	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35847	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36051	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36327	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37351	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8588	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9525	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01271.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0111	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1809	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1865	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.4	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:148	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/14/1	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/14/4	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/15/2	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505254/100/0/threaded	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34612	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b0c8fcff47a885743125dd843db64af41af5a61	[email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=968460ebd8006d55661dec0fb86712b40d71c413	[email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=27b87fe52baba0a55e9723030e76fce94fabcea4	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124099284225229&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124099371726547&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496572	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35217	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35226	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35298	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35656	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35847	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36051	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36327	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37351	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8588	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9525	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.html	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01271.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0111	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1809	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1865	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.4	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:148	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/14/1	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/14/4	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/15/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505254/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34612	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 76 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	< 2.6.29.4
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	4.0 5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	6.06 8.04 8.10 9.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 8, 2018	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 10, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 29, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2009-1633 Details

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