Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2008-5134

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Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2008-5134

Published: November 18, 2008 / Updated: October 3, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU92689
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-5134
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption error. A remote non-authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary code.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2008-5134

Install update from vendor's repository.

linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.15-53.75
linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.22-16.61
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.24-23.48

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