CVE-2008-3272

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-08-08

Description

The snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.c in the sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 does not verify that the device number is within the range defined by max_synthdev before returning certain data to the caller, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

See more information about CVE-2008-3272 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.6	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2008-0972	2008-11-19
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-78.0.8.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2008-0972	2008-11-19
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-78.0.8.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2008-0972	2008-11-19
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2008-0885	2008-09-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-92.1.13.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-0885	2008-09-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-92.1.13.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-0885	2008-09-24

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