CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3531
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in sys/kern/vfs_mount.c in the kernel in FreeBSD 7.0 and 7.1, when vfs.usermount is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted (1) mount or (2) nmount system call, related to copying of "user defined data" in "certain error conditions."
Affected configurations
• freebsd freebsd 7.0
• freebsd freebsd 7.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:08.nmount.asc security.FreeBSD.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31002 Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020816 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45143 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:08.nmount.asc security.FreeBSD.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31002 Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020816 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45143 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com