Vulnerability CVE-2008-1865


Published: 2008-04-17   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the msx_readnode function in libmosix.c in openmosix-tools (aka userspace-tools) in openMosix might allow local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a third-party program that calls this function with a long item argument. NOTE: the vendor does not provide any program that is capable of causing this overflow.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
openMosix userspace library stack-based buffer overflow
Jose Carlos Nort...
17.04.2008

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.9/10
2.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Openmosix project -> Openmosix 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3813
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490534/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28663
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41691

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