CVE-2008-0600

2008-02-1200:00:00

ubuntu.com

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

9.3%

JSON

The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does
not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows
local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice
system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and
CVE-2008-0010.

Bugs

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/190587>

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	dapper not affected. Only 2.6.17. See vulnerability #1: http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt local root exploit (exploit code exists) amitk will upload 2.6.24.2 for hardy soon

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu6.10noarchlinux-source-2.6.17< 2.6.17.1-12.44UNKNOWN
ubuntu7.04noarchlinux-source-2.6.20< 2.6.20-16.35UNKNOWN
ubuntu7.10noarchlinux-source-2.6.22< 2.6.22-14.52UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	6.10	noarch	linux-source-2.6.17	< 2.6.17.1-12.44	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	7.04	noarch	linux-source-2.6.20	< 2.6.20-16.35	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	7.10	noarch	linux-source-2.6.22	< 2.6.22-14.52	UNKNOWN