PT-2008-6753 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Vlad Malov · Published 2008-12-22 · Updated 2018-11-08 · CVE-2008-5701

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.28-rc8

Description The issue is related to an array index error in the Linux kernel on 64-bit MIPS platforms. It allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, by making an o32 syscall with a small syscall number. This leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.28-rc8, update to version 2.6.28-rc8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5701

DSA-1787-1

DSA-1794-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 11

• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5701 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33078 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e807f9574e37a3f202e677feaaad1b7c5d2c0db8 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/1 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47190 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32716 · Note