CVE-2008-5700

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-12-22

Description

libata in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.9 does not set minimum timeouts for SG_IO requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Programmed I/O mode on drives) via multiple simultaneous invocations of an unspecified test program.

See more information about CVE-2008-5700 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:	1.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-0331	2009-03-12
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-78.0.17.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-0331	2009-03-12
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-78.0.17.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-0331	2009-03-12
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-0326	2009-04-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-0326	2009-04-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-128.1.6.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-0326	2009-04-01

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