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CVE-2009-4308

Date: December 12, 2009

The ext4_decode_error function in fs/ext4/super.c in the ext4 filesystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference), and possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted read-only filesystem that lacks a journal.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.9

Related Resources (19)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37658

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11103

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38276

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/38017

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-4308

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4308

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78f1ddbb498283c2445c11b0dfa666424c301803

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4308

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/43315

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-4308

Severity Score

5.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.9
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.1
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2009-4308

Date: December 12, 2009

Language: C

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Related Resources (19)

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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