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HistoryFeb 12, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

Linux kernel vulnerability

2008-02-1200:00:00
ubuntu.com
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6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.5%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 7.10
  • Ubuntu 7.04
  • Ubuntu 6.10

Packages

  • linux-source-2.6.17 -
  • linux-source-2.6.20 -
  • linux-source-2.6.22 -

Details

Wojciech Purczynski discovered that the vmsplice system call did
not properly perform verification of user-memory pointers. A local
attacker could exploit this to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory
and gain root privileges. (CVE-2008-0600)

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.5%