Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-5079 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Linux Kernel

047910
CVSS 4.9 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
linux
CWE-399
nessus
exploit available

Summary

net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
928

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Exploit-Db

descriptionLinux Kernel. CVE-2008-5079. Dos exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:7405
last seen2016-02-01
modified2008-12-10
published2008-12-10
reporterJon Oberheide
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/7405/
titleLinux Kernel <= 2.6.27.8 - ATMSVC Local Denial of Service Exploit

Nessus

  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2009-032.NASL
    descriptionSome vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table. (CVE-2008-5079) 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. (CVE-2008-5300) Additionaly, wireless and hotkeys support for Asus EEE were fixed, systems with HDA sound needing MSI support were added to the quirks list to be autodetected, STAC92HD71Bx and STAC92HD75Bx based HDA support was enhanced and fixed, support for HDA sound on Acer Aspire 8930 was added, Dell Inspiron Mini 9 HDA sound support was added, CIFS filesystem should now work with Kerberos, and a few more things. Check the package changelog for details. To update your kernel, please follow the directions located at : http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate
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    plugin id37078
    published2009-04-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37078
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2009:032)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_0_KERNEL-090114.NASL
    descriptionThis update fixes various security issues and several bugs in the openSUSE 11.0 kernel. It was also updated to the stable version 2.6.25.20. CVE-2008-5702: Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT IOCTL call. CVE-2008-5700: libata did not set minimum timeouts for SG_IO requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Programmed I/O mode on drives) via multiple simultaneous invocations of an unspecified test program. CVE-2008-5079: net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem allowed local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table. CVE-2008-5300: Linux kernel 2.6.28 allows local users to cause a denial of service (
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    plugin id40011
    published2009-07-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40011
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : kernel (kernel-423)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-11618.NASL
    descriptionUpdate kernel from version 2.6.27.7 to 2.6.27.9: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.8 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.9 Also includes three critical fixes scheduled for 2.6.27.10 Update applesmc driver to latest upstream version. (Adds module autoloading.) Update ALSA audio drivers to version 1.0.18a. (See www.alsa-project.org for details.) Security fixes: CVE-2008-5079 in 2.6.27.9 CVE-2008-5182 in 2.6.27.8 CVE-2008-5300 in 2.6.27.8 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
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    plugin id35264
    published2008-12-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35264
    titleFedora 9 : kernel-2.6.27.9-73.fc9 (2008-11618)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_KERNEL-5924.NASL
    descriptionThe SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 kernel was updated to fix some security issues and various bugs. The following security problems have been fixed : - net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem allowed local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/ *vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table. (CVE-2008-5079) - The __scm_destroy function in net/core/scm.c makes indirect recursive calls to itself through calls to the fput function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors related to sending an SCM_RIGHTS message through a UNIX domain socket and closing file descriptors. (CVE-2008-5029) - Buffer overflow in the hfsplus_find_cat function in fs/hfsplus/catalog.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or system crash) via an hfsplus filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, related to the hfsplus_cat_build_key_uni function. (CVE-2008-4933) - Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_cat_find_brec function in fs/hfs/catalog.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or system crash) via an hfs filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, a related issue to CVE-2008-4933. (CVE-2008-5025) - The inotify functionality might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount. (CVE-2008-5182) A lot of other bugs were fixed, a detailed list can be found in the RPM changelog.
    last seen2020-06-01
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    plugin id41537
    published2009-09-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41537
    titleSuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 5924)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-715-1.NASL
    descriptionHugo Dias discovered that the ATM subsystem did not correctly manage socket counts. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a system hang, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5079) It was discovered that the inotify subsystem contained watch removal race conditions. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5182) Dann Frazier discovered that in certain situations sendmsg did not correctly release allocated memory. A local attacker could exploit this to force the system to run out of free memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5300) Helge Deller discovered that PA-RISC stack unwinding was not handled correctly. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading do a denial of service. This did not affect official Ubuntu kernels, but was fixed in the source for anyone performing HPPA kernel builds. (CVE-2008-5395) It was discovered that the ATA subsystem did not correctly set timeouts. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a system hang, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5700) It was discovered that the ib700 watchdog timer did not correctly check buffer sizes. A local attacker could send a specially crafted ioctl to the device to cause a system crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5702). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
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    plugin id36279
    published2009-04-23
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2009-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/36279
    titleUbuntu 8.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-715-1)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_KERNEL-5927.NASL
    descriptionThe SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 kernel was updated to fix some security issues and various bugs. The following security problems have been fixed : - net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem allowed local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/ *vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table. (CVE-2008-5079) - The __scm_destroy function in net/core/scm.c makes indirect recursive calls to itself through calls to the fput function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors related to sending an SCM_RIGHTS message through a UNIX domain socket and closing file descriptors. (CVE-2008-5029) - Buffer overflow in the hfsplus_find_cat function in fs/hfsplus/catalog.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or system crash) via an hfsplus filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, related to the hfsplus_cat_build_key_uni function. (CVE-2008-4933) - Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_cat_find_brec function in fs/hfs/catalog.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or system crash) via an hfs filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, a related issue to CVE-2008-4933. (CVE-2008-5025) - The inotify functionality might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount. (CVE-2008-5182) A lot of other bugs were fixed, a detailed list can be found in the RPM changelog.
    last seen2020-06-01
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    plugin id59135
    published2012-05-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59135
    titleSuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 5927)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2009-0021.NASL
    descriptionUpdated kernel packages that resolve several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Extended Update Support. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update includes backported fixes for four security issues. These issues only affected users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Extended Update Support as they have already been addressed for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 in the 5.3 update, RHSA-2009:0225. In accordance with the support policy, future security updates to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Extended Update Support will only include issues of critical security impact. * when fput() was called to close a socket, the __scm_destroy() function in the Linux kernel could make indirect recursive calls to itself. This could, potentially, lead to a denial of service issue. (CVE-2008-5029, Important) * the sendmsg() function in the Linux kernel did not block during UNIX socket garbage collection. This could, potentially, lead to a local denial of service. (CVE-2008-5300, Important) * a flaw was found in the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use the flaw to listen on the same socket more than once, possibly causing a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5079, Important) * a race condition was found in the Linux kernel
    last seen2020-06-01
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    plugin id63871
    published2013-01-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63871
    titleRHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2009:0021)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_KERNEL-5920.NASL
    descriptionThe openSUSE 10.3 kernel was updated to fix various security problems and bugs. Following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2008-5702: Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT IOCTL call. CVE-2008-5079: net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem allowed local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table. CVE-2008-5029: The __scm_destroy function in net/core/scm.c makes indirect recursive calls to itself through calls to the fput function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors related to sending an SCM_RIGHTS message through a UNIX domain socket and closing file descriptors. CVE-2008-5134: Buffer overflow in the lbs_process_bss function in drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c in the libertas subsystem allowed remote attackers to have an unknown impact via an
    last seen2020-06-01
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    plugin id35446
    published2009-01-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35446
    titleopenSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-5920)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-11593.NASL
    descriptionUpdate kernel from version 2.6.27.7 to 2.6.27.9: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.8 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.9 Also includes three critical fixes scheduled for 2.6.27.10 Update applesmc driver to latest upstream version. (Adds module autoloading.) Update ALSA audio drivers to version 1.0.18a. (See www.alsa-project.org for details.) Security fixes: CVE-2008-5079 in 2.6.27.9 CVE-2008-5182 in 2.6.27.8 CVE-2008-5300 in 2.6.27.8 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
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    plugin id37568
    published2009-04-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37568
    titleFedora 10 : kernel-2.6.27.9-159.fc10 (2008-11593)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_1_KERNEL-090225.NASL
    descriptionThis update fixes several security issues and hundreds of bugs in the openSUSE 11.1 kernel. The kernel was also updated to the stable version 2.6.27.19 and is now the same kernel as we are planning to ship with SUSE Linux Enterprise 11. This introduces kABI changes, so all kernel module packages also need to be rebuilt and reapplied. Following security issues are fixed: CVE-2009-0029: The ABI in the Linux kernel on s390, powerpc, sparc64, and mips 64-bit platforms requires that a 32-bit argument in a 64-bit register was properly sign extended when sent from a user-mode application, but cannot verify this, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted system call. CVE-2008-5079: net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table. CVE-2009-0028: A minor signal handling vulnerability was fixed, where a child could send his parent a arbitrary signal.
    last seen2020-06-01
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    plugin id40248
    published2009-07-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40248
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : kernel (kernel-559)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2009-0225.NASL
    descriptionUpdated kernel packages that fix three security issues, address several hundred bugs and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5. This is the third regular update. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system) These updated packages contain 730 bug fixes and enhancements for the Linux kernel. Space precludes a detailed description of each of these changes in this advisory and users are therefore directed to the release notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 for information on 97 of the most significant of these changes. Details of three security-related bug fixes are set out below, along with notes on other broad categories of change not covered in the release notes. For more detailed information on specific bug fixes or enhancements, please consult the Bugzilla numbers listed in this advisory. * when fput() was called to close a socket, the __scm_destroy() function in the Linux kernel could make indirect recursive calls to itself. This could, potentially, lead to a denial of service issue. (CVE-2008-5029, Important) * a flaw was found in the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use the flaw to listen on the same socket more than once, possibly causing a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5079, Important) * a race condition was found in the Linux kernel
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    plugin id35434
    published2009-01-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35434
    titleRHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2009:0225)
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20090210_KERNEL_ON_SL5_X.NASL
    descriptionThis update addresses the following security issues : - a memory leak in keyctl handling. A local user could use this flaw to deplete kernel memory, eventually leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-0031, Important) - a buffer overflow in the Linux kernel Partial Reliable Stream Control Transmission Protocol (PR-SCTP) implementation. This could, potentially, lead to a denial of service if a Forward-TSN chunk is received with a large stream ID. (CVE-2009-0065, Important) - a flaw when handling heavy network traffic on an SMP system with many cores. An attacker who could send a large amount of network traffic could create a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5713, Important) - the code for the HFS and HFS Plus (HFS+) file systems failed to properly handle corrupted data structures. This could, potentially, lead to a local denial of service. (CVE-2008-4933, CVE-2008-5025, Low) - a flaw was found in the HFS Plus (HFS+) file system implementation. This could, potentially, lead to a local denial of service when write operations are performed. (CVE-2008-4934, Low) - when fput() was called to close a socket, the __scm_destroy() function in the Linux kernel could make indirect recursive calls to itself. This could, potentially, lead to a denial of service issue. (CVE-2008-5029, Important) - a flaw was found in the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use the flaw to listen on the same socket more than once, possibly causing a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5079, Important) - a race condition was found in the Linux kernel
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    plugin id60532
    published2012-08-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60532
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
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    descriptionHugo Dias discovered that the ATM subsystem did not correctly manage socket counts. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a system hang, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5079) It was discovered that the libertas wireless driver did not correctly handle beacon and probe responses. A physically near-by attacker could generate specially crafted wireless network traffic and cause a denial of service. Ubuntu 6.06 was not affected. (CVE-2008-5134) It was discovered that the inotify subsystem contained watch removal race conditions. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5182) Dann Frazier discovered that in certain situations sendmsg did not correctly release allocated memory. A local attacker could exploit this to force the system to run out of free memory, leading to a denial of service. Ubuntu 6.06 was not affected. (CVE-2008-5300) It was discovered that the ATA subsystem did not correctly set timeouts. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a system hang, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5700) It was discovered that the ib700 watchdog timer did not correctly check buffer sizes. A local attacker could send a specially crafted ioctl to the device to cause a system crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5702) It was discovered that in certain situations the network scheduler did not correctly handle very large levels of traffic. A local attacker could produce a high volume of UDP traffic resulting in a system hang, leading to a denial of service. Ubuntu 8.04 was not affected. (CVE-2008-5713). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
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    plugin id36454
    published2009-04-23
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2009-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/36454
    titleUbuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : linux-source-2.6.15/22, linux vulnerabilities (USN-714-1)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1787.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2008-4307 Bryn M. Reeves reported a denial of service in the NFS filesystem. Local users can trigger a kernel BUG() due to a race condition in the do_setlk function. - CVE-2008-5079 Hugo Dias reported a DoS condition in the ATM subsystem that can be triggered by a local user by calling the svc_listen function twice on the same socket and reading /proc/net/atm/*vc. - CVE-2008-5395 Helge Deller discovered a denial of service condition that allows local users on PA-RISC systems to crash a system by attempting to unwind a stack containing userspace addresses. - CVE-2008-5700 Alan Cox discovered a lack of minimum timeouts on SG_IO requests, which allows local users of systems using ATA to cause a denial of service by forcing drives into PIO mode. - CVE-2008-5701 Vlad Malov reported an issue on 64-bit MIPS systems where a local user could cause a system crash by crafing a malicious binary which makes o32 syscalls with a number less than 4000. - CVE-2008-5702 Zvonimir Rakamaric reported an off-by-one error in the ib700wdt watchdog driver which allows local users to cause a buffer underflow by making a specially crafted WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT ioctl call. - CVE-2009-0028 Chris Evans discovered a situation in which a child process can send an arbitrary signal to its parent. - CVE-2009-0029 Christian Borntraeger discovered an issue effecting the alpha, mips, powerpc, s390 and sparc64 architectures that allows local users to cause a denial of service or potentially gain elevated privileges. - CVE-2009-0031 Vegard Nossum discovered a memory leak in the keyctl subsystem that allows local users to cause a denial of service by consuming all of kernel memory. - CVE-2009-0065 Wei Yongjun discovered a memory overflow in the SCTP implementation that can be triggered by remote users, permitting remote code execution. - CVE-2009-0269 Duane Griffin provided a fix for an issue in the eCryptfs subsystem which allows local users to cause a denial of service (fault or memory corruption). - CVE-2009-0322 Pavel Roskin provided a fix for an issue in the dell_rbu driver that allows a local user to cause a denial of service (oops) by reading 0 bytes from a sysfs entry. - CVE-2009-0675 Roel Kluin discovered inverted logic in the skfddi driver that permits local, unprivileged users to reset the driver statistics. - CVE-2009-0676 Clement LECIGNE discovered a bug in the sock_getsockopt function that may result in leaking sensitive kernel memory. - CVE-2009-0745 Peter Kerwien discovered an issue in the ext4 filesystem that allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) during a resize operation. - CVE-2009-0834 Roland McGrath discovered an issue on amd64 kernels that allows local users to circumvent system call audit configurations which filter based on the syscall numbers or argument details. - CVE-2009-0859 Jiri Olsa discovered that a local user can cause a denial of service (system hang) using a SHM_INFO shmctl call on kernels compiled with CONFIG_SHMEM disabled. This issue does not affect prebuilt Debian kernels. - CVE-2009-1046 Mikulas Patocka reported an issue in the console subsystem that allows a local user to cause memory corruption by selecting a small number of 3-byte UTF-8 characters. - CVE-2009-1192 Shaohua Li reported an issue in the AGP subsystem that may allow local users to read sensitive kernel memory due to a leak of uninitialized memory. - CVE-2009-1242 Benjamin Gilbert reported a local denial of service vulnerability in the KVM VMX implementation that allows local users to trigger an oops. - CVE-2009-1265 Thomas Pollet reported an overflow in the af_rose implementation that allows remote attackers to retrieve uninitialized kernel memory that may contain sensitive data. - CVE-2009-1337 Oleg Nesterov discovered an issue in the exit_notify function that allows local users to send an arbitrary signal to a process by running a program that modifies the exit_signal field and then uses an exec system call to launch a setuid application. - CVE-2009-1338 Daniel Hokka Zakrisson discovered that a kill(-1) is permitted to reach processes outside of the current process namespace. - CVE-2009-1439 Pavan Naregundi reported an issue in the CIFS filesystem code that allows remote users to overwrite memory via a long nativeFileSystem field in a Tree Connect response during mount.
    last seen2020-06-01
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    plugin id38668
    published2009-05-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38668
    titleDebian DSA-1787-1 : linux-2.6.24 - denial of service/privilege escalation/information leak
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1687.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2008-3527 Tavis Ormandy reported a local DoS and potential privilege escalation in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation. - CVE-2008-3528 Eugene Teo reported a local DoS issue in the ext2 and ext3 filesystems. Local users who have been granted the privileges necessary to mount a filesystem would be able to craft a corrupted filesystem that causes the kernel to output error messages in an infinite loop. - CVE-2008-4554 Milos Szeredi reported that the usage of splice() on files opened with O_APPEND allows users to write to the file at arbitrary offsets, enabling a bypass of possible assumed semantics of the O_APPEND flag. - CVE-2008-4576 Vlad Yasevich reported an issue in the SCTP subsystem that may allow remote users to cause a local DoS by triggering a kernel oops. - CVE-2008-4933 Eric Sesterhenn reported a local DoS issue in the hfsplus filesystem. Local users who have been granted the privileges necessary to mount a filesystem would be able to craft a corrupted filesystem that causes the kernel to overrun a buffer, resulting in a system oops or memory corruption. - CVE-2008-4934 Eric Sesterhenn reported a local DoS issue in the hfsplus filesystem. Local users who have been granted the privileges necessary to mount a filesystem would be able to craft a corrupted filesystem that results in a kernel oops due to an unchecked return value. - CVE-2008-5025 Eric Sesterhenn reported a local DoS issue in the hfs filesystem. Local users who have been granted the privileges necessary to mount a filesystem would be able to craft a filesystem with a corrupted catalog name length, resulting in a system oops or memory corruption. - CVE-2008-5029 Andrea Bittau reported a DoS issue in the unix socket subsystem that allows a local user to cause memory corruption, resulting in a kernel panic. - CVE-2008-5079 Hugo Dias reported a DoS condition in the ATM subsystem that can be triggered by a local user by calling the svc_listen function twice on the same socket and reading /proc/net/atm/*vc. - CVE-2008-5182 Al Viro reported race conditions in the inotify subsystem that may allow local users to acquire elevated privileges. - CVE-2008-5300 Dann Frazier reported a DoS condition that allows local users to cause the out of memory handler to kill off privileged processes or trigger soft lockups due to a starvation issue in the unix socket subsystem.
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    plugin id35174
    published2008-12-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35174
    titleDebian DSA-1687-1 : linux-2.6 - denial of service/privilege escalation

Oval

accepted2013-04-29T04:12:56.006-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameAharon Chernin
    organizationSCAP.com, LLC
  • nameDragos Prisaca
    organizationG2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • commentThe operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11414
  • commentThe operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:15802
  • commentOracle Linux 5.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:15459
descriptionnet/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.
familyunix
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11288
statusaccepted
submitted2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
titlenet/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.
version18

Redhat

advisories
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2009:0053
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2009:0225
rpms
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
  • kernel-PAE-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
  • kernel-PAE-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
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  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
  • kernel-devel-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
  • kernel-doc-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
  • kernel-headers-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
  • kernel-kdump-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
  • kernel-kdump-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
  • kernel-kdump-devel-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
  • kernel-xen-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
  • kernel-xen-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
  • kernel-xen-devel-0:2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
  • kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-debug-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-debug-devel-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-devel-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-doc-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-trace-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-trace-devel-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-vanilla-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-vanilla-debuginfo-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-vanilla-devel-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-PAE-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-PAE-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-PAE-devel-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-devel-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-doc-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-headers-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-kdump-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-kdump-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-kdump-devel-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-xen-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-xen-debuginfo-0:2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-xen-devel-0:2.6.18-128.el5

Seebug

  • bulletinFamilyexploit
    descriptionNo description provided by source.
    idSSV:66036
    last seen2017-11-19
    modified2014-07-01
    published2014-07-01
    reporterRoot
    sourcehttps://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-66036
    titleLinux Kernel <= 2.6.27.8 - ATMSVC Local Denial of Service Exploit
  • bulletinFamilyexploit
    descriptionNo description provided by source.
    idSSV:10222
    last seen2017-11-19
    modified2008-12-11
    published2008-12-11
    reporterRoot
    sourcehttps://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-10222
    titleLinux Kernel &lt;= 2.6.27.8 ATMSVC Local Denial of Service Exploit