National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1514
Original release date:03/26/2008
Last revised:02/21/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and other versions before 2.6.27-rc6, on s390 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via the user-area-padding test from the ptrace testsuite in 31-bit mode, which triggers an invalid dereference.
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 (05/19/2009)
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This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG.
It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
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External Source: BID
Name: 31177
Type: Patch Information
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1655
Type: Patch Information
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1653
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438147
External Source: XF
Name: linux-kernel-ptrace-dos(41501)
External Source: MISC
Name: http://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/utrace/tests
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32799
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32237
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31826
Type: Advisory
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0972
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.6
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3d6e48f43340343d97839eadb1ab7b6a3ea98797
