PT-2008-3396 · Openmosix · Openmosix

Published 2008-04-17 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-1865

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions openMosix (affected versions not specified)

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the msx readnode function, located in libmosix.c within openmosix-tools. This could potentially allow local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, by utilizing a third-party program that calls the affected function with a long item argument.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1865

Affected Products

Openmosix

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1865 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28663 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3813 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41691 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/490534/100/0/threaded · Note