PT-2008-6765 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Eugene Teo + 1 · Published 2008-12-24 · Updated 2018-10-03 · CVE-2008-5713

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 2.6.25

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a soft lockup, by sending a large amount of network traffic. This can be demonstrated by running multiple simultaneous instances of the Netperf benchmark application in UDP STREAM mode.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.25, update to version 2.6.25 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5713

DSA-1794-1

RHSA-2009:0264

RHSA-2009_0264

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 258

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32682 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-01906 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 · Vendor Advisory
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• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-01581 · Security Note
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