CVE-2008-3528 (GCVE-0-2008-3528)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-27 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:45
VLAI
Summary
The error-reporting functionality in (1) fs/ext2/dir.c, (2) fs/ext3/dir.c, and possibly (3) fs/ext4/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.5 does not limit the number of printk console messages that report directory corruption, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (temporary system hang) by mounting a filesystem that has corrupted dir->i_size and dir->i_blocks values and performing (a) read or (b) write operations. NOTE: there are limited scenarios in which this crosses privilege boundaries.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 1001 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/17/371 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/13/98 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33758 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-00… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459577 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/33586 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32509 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/32799 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498285/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2008-09-18 00:00
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