Vulnerabilities > Linux > Linux Kernel

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2008-03-06 CVE-2008-0072 USE of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in Gnome Evolution
Format string vulnerability in the emf_multipart_encrypted function in mail/em-format.c in Evolution 2.12.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted encrypted message, as demonstrated using the Version field.
network
linux gnome CWE-134
6.8
2008-02-29 CVE-2008-0304 Buffer Errors vulnerability in Mozilla Seamonkey and Thunderbird
Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted external-body MIME type in an e-mail message, related to an incorrect memory allocation during message preview.
network
low complexity
linux microsoft mozilla CWE-119
7.5
2008-02-12 CVE-2008-0731 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Novell Apparmor
The Linux kernel before 2.6.18.8-0.8 in SUSE openSUSE 10.2 does not properly handle failure of an AppArmor change_hat system call, which might allow attackers to trigger the unconfining of an apparmored task.
network
low complexity
linux suse novell CWE-264
7.5
2008-02-12 CVE-2008-0163 Link Following vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.6.0
Linux kernel 2.6, when using vservers, allows local users to access resources of other vservers via a symlink attack in /proc.
local
linux CWE-59
4.4
2008-02-12 CVE-2008-0010 Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Linux Kernel
The copy_from_user_mmap_sem function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allow local users to read from arbitrary kernel memory locations.
local
low complexity
linux CWE-20
2.1
2008-02-12 CVE-2008-0009 Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Linux Kernel
The vmsplice_to_user function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which might allow local users to access arbitrary kernel memory locations.
local
low complexity
linux CWE-20
2.1
2008-02-08 CVE-2008-0007 Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Linux kernel before 2.6.22.17, when using certain drivers that register a fault handler that does not perform range checks, allows local users to access kernel memory via an out-of-range offset.
local
low complexity
linux CWE-399
7.2
2008-02-06 CVE-2008-0212 Resource Management Errors vulnerability in HP Openview Network Node Manager 6.41/7.01/7.51
ovtopmd in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 6.41, 7.01, and 7.51 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TCP request that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access.
network
low complexity
hp linux microsoft sun CWE-399
7.8
2008-01-31 CVE-2007-4998 Link Following vulnerability in Linux Kernel
cp, when running with an option to preserve symlinks on multiple OSes, allows local, user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using crafted directories containing multiple source files that are copied to the same destination.
local
linux CWE-59
6.9
2008-01-29 CVE-2007-6694 Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Linux Kernel
The chrp_show_cpuinfo function (chrp/setup.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.21 through 2.6.18-53, when running on PowerPC, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that cause the of_get_property function to fail, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
network
low complexity
linux apple CWE-399
7.8