CVE-2008-1673 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2008-1673?

CVE-2008-1673 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 10 Jun 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The asn1 implementation in (a) the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.6 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.5, as used in the cifs and ip_nat_snmp_basic modules; and (b) the gxsnmp package; does not properly validate length values during decoding of ASN.1 BER data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) a length greater than the working buffer, which can lead to an unspecified overflow; (2) an oid length of zero, which can lead to an off-by-one error; or (3) an indefinite length for a primitive encoding.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1673?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1673?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2008-1673 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1673 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-cf3p-m8mq-9rx8.