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CVE-2008-3531

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-09-05	FreeBSD -- nmount(2) local arbitrary code execution

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CVE-2008-3531 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-3531
Phase	Assigned(20080807)

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."

References

Source	Reference
FREEBSD	FreeBSD-SA-08:08
BID	31002
SECTRACK	1020816
XF	freebsd-vfsmount-bo(45143)