Release Date: | 2008-02-12 |
The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.
See more information about CVE-2008-0600 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 7.2 | Base Metrics: | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Access Vector: | Local network | Attack Complexity: | Low |
Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
Integrity Impact: | Complete | Availability Impact: | Complete |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel) | ELSA-2008-0129 | 2008-02-13 |
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.13.0.1.el5) | ELSA-2008-0129 | 2008-02-13 |
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.13.0.1.el5) | ELSA-2008-0129 | 2008-02-13 |
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