CVE-2008-5300
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.40 % · percentile 35 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Linux kernel 2.6.28 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("soft lockup" and process loss) via a large number of sendmsg function calls, which does not block during AF_UNIX garbage collection and triggers an OOM condition, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5029.
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122721862313564&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10283
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33348
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32913
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11427
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4673
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122765505415944&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46943
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32516
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33556
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=473259
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33083
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
- http://osvdb.org/50272
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470201
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2008-5277
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2008-5300
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTA-2010-AVI-293 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans VMware ESX Server · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |