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CVE-2008-1615

CVE Details

Release Date:2008-05-08
Impact:Important What is this?

Description


Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, when running on AMD64 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain ptrace calls.

See more information about CVE-2008-1615 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 4.9
Vector String: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)ELSA-2008-02372008-05-07
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL)ELSA-2008-02372008-05-07
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL)ELSA-2008-02372008-05-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2008-02752008-05-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5)ELSA-2008-02752008-05-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.21.0.1.el5)ELSA-2008-02752008-05-20


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