PT-2008-6512 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Helge Deller · Published 2008-12-09 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2008-5395

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.28-rc7

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash. This occurs when attempting to unwind a stack that contains userspace addresses, specifically through vectors associated with the parisc show stack function in arch/parisc/kernel/traps.c.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.28-rc7, update to version 2.6.28-rc7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5395

DSA-1787-1

DSA-1794-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 13

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5395 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32933 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-parisc&m=121736357203624&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32636 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33756 · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc7 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47075 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7a3f5134a8f5bd7fa38b5645eef05e8a4eb62951 · Note