CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2008-5300

Linux kernel 2.6.28 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("soft lockup" and process loss) via a large number of sendmsg function calls, which does not block during AF_UNIX garbage collection and triggers an OOM condition, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5029.

4.9 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

References
Link Resource
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122721862313564&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122765505415944&w=2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470201 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32913
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4673
http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/33556
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
http://secunia.com/advisories/33348
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33083
http://osvdb.org/50272
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32516
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=473259
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46943
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11427
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10283
https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2008-12-01 05:30

Updated : 2018-10-11 08:54

NVD link : CVE-2008-5300

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5300

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-399