CVE-2008-5079

CVE Details

Release Date:2008-12-09

Description


net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.

See more information about CVE-2008-5079 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: 4.9 Base Metrics: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector: Local network Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2009-02252009-01-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-128.el5)ELSA-2009-02252009-01-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-128.el5)ELSA-2009-02252009-01-27



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