National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3077
Original release date:07/09/2008
Last revised:06/09/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.10 on the x86_64 platform leaks task_struct references into the sys32_ptrace function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, possibly a use-after-free vulnerability.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
- Official Statement from Red Hat (07/09/2008)
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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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External Source: BID
Name: 30077
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20080703 2.6.25.10 security fixes, please assign CVE id
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2063
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31048
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.10
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git;a=commitdiff;h=1e9a615bfce7996ea4d815d45d364b47ac6a74e8
