CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
fs/nfs/client.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 does not properly initialize a certain structure member that stores the maximum NFS filename length, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a long filename, related to the encode_lookup function.
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=54af3bb543c071769141387a42deaaab5074da55
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0473.html
secunia.com/advisories/35011
secunia.com/advisories/35015
secunia.com/advisories/35160
secunia.com/advisories/35324
secunia.com/advisories/35656
secunia.com/advisories/37471
www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/06/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/17/2
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1024.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1077.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/34390
www.securitytracker.com/id?1022176
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494074
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10859
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8495