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CVE-2009-0537
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
Integer overflow in the fts_build function in fts.c in libc in (1) OpenBSD 4.4 and earlier and (2) Microsoft Interix 6.0 build 10.0.6030.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a deep directory tree, related to the fts_level structure member, as demonstrated by (a) du, (b) rm, (c) chmod, and (d) chgrp on OpenBSD; and (e) SearchIndexer.exe on Vista Enterprise..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 4.9/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:interix:6.0:*:10.0.6030.0:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/60
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/gen/fts.c.diff?r1=1.41;r2=1.42;f=h
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/gen/fts.c
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34008
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021818
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8163
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501505/100/0/threaded