CVE-2008-2812

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-07-09
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The Linux kernel before 2.6.25.10 does not properly perform tty operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via vectors involving NULL pointer dereference of function pointers in (1) hamradio/6pack.c, (2) hamradio/mkiss.c, (3) irda/irtty-sir.c, (4) ppp_async.c, (5) ppp_synctty.c, (6) slip.c, (7) wan/x25_asy.c, and (8) wireless/strip.c in drivers/net/.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.2
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2008-0665	2008-08-01
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-78.EL)	ELSA-2008-0665	2008-08-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2008-0612	2008-08-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-92.1.10.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-0612	2008-08-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-92.1.10.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-0612	2008-08-05