National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5701
Original release date:12/22/2008
Last revised:05/14/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Array index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an o32 syscall with a small syscall number, which leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
- Official Statement from Red Hat (05/14/2009)
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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, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG. Red Hat does not provide support for the Linux kernel on the MIPS architecture.
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External Source: XF
Name: linux-kernel-mips-dos(47190)
External Source: BID
Name: 32716
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1794
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1787
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35011
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34981
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33078
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20081209 CVE request: kernel: MIPS: Fix potential DOS by untrusted user app
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=e807f9574e37a3f202e677feaaad1b7c5d2c0db8
