CVE-2008-3531 (GCVE-0-2008-3531)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-05 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:45
VLAI
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in sys/kern/vfs_mount.c in the kernel in FreeBSD 7.0 and 7.1, when vfs.usermount is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted (1) mount or (2) nmount system call, related to copying of "user defined data" in "certain error conditions."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31002 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020816 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
Date Public
2008-09-03 00:00
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