National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3272

Overview

The snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.c in the sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 does not verify that the device number is within the range defined by max_synthdev before returning certain data to the caller, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: XF

Name: linux-kernel-seqosssynth-info-disclosure(44225)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44225

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-637-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-637-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020636

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020636

External Source: BID

Name: 30559

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30559

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0885

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0857

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:220

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2307

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2307

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1636

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1630

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32799

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32799

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32759

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32759

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32190

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32190

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32104

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32104

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32103

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32103

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32023

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32023

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31881

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31881

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31836

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31836

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31614

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31614

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31551

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31551

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31366

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31366

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0972

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2008:025

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:049

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:048

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:047

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2

Hyperlink:http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=82e68f7ffec3800425f2391c8c86277606860442

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=82e68f7ffec3800425f2391c8c86277606860442