PT-2008-4173 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2008-06-25 · Updated 2022-02-03 · CVE-2008-2729

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.19

Description The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information due to the Linux kernel's failure to erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy on some AMD64 systems.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.19, update to version 2.6.19 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2729

DSA-1630-1

RHSA-2008:0508

RHSA-2008:0519

RHSA-2008:0585

RHSA-2008_0508

RHSA-2008_0519

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 27

• 🔥 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a;hp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff · Exploit
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2729 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0508 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1367 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2365 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020364 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29943 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 · Note