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CVE-2009-2918 (GCVE-0-2009-2918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-21 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:07
VLAI
Summary
The tgbvpn.sys driver in TheGreenBow IPSec VPN Client 4.61.003 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted request to the 0x80000034 IOCTL, probably involving an input or output buffer size of 0.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/Advisory/The… x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/36332 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505816/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2294 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2009-08-17 00:00
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