Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-1633
CVE-2009-1633
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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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
38- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/14/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/14/4nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/15/2nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01126.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00005.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00007.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35217nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35226nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35298nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35656nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35847nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/36051nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/36327nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/37351nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/37471nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1809nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1865nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.4nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505254/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34612nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316nvdThird Party Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8588nvdThird Party Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9525nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01271.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0111nvdBroken Link
- git.kernel.orgnvd
- git.kernel.orgnvd
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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