CVE-2008-5702

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-12-22

Description

Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT IOCTL call.

See more information about CVE-2008-5702 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:	7.2	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-0014	2009-01-15
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-78.0.13.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-0014	2009-01-15
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-78.0.13.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2009-0014	2009-01-15

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