National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5033

Overview

The chip_command function in drivers/media/video/tvaudio.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.25.x before 2.6.25.19, 2.6.26.x before 2.6.26.7, and 2.6.27.x before 2.6.27.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL function pointer dereference and OOPS) via unknown vectors.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (11/19/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG.

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External Source: BID

Name: 32094

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32094

External Source: XF

Name: linux-kernel-tvaudio-dos(46544)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46544

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-679-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:246

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:246

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.3

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.3

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.7

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.7

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.19

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.19

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32918

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32918

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5ba2f67afb02c5302b2898949ed6fc3b3d37dcf1

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5ba2f67afb02c5302b2898949ed6fc3b3d37dcf1