PRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2008-5079Design/Logic Flaw
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
0.4%
net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
secunia.com/advisories/32913
secunia.com/advisories/33083
secunia.com/advisories/33348
secunia.com/advisories/33623
secunia.com/advisories/33641
secunia.com/advisories/33704
secunia.com/advisories/33706
secunia.com/advisories/33756
secunia.com/advisories/33854
secunia.com/advisories/34981
securityreason.com/securityalert/4694
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498943/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/32676
www.securitytracker.com/id?1021360
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122841256115780&w=2
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11288
usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html
Related
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
0.4%