Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2008-5079

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Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2008-5079

Published: December 9, 2008 / Updated: June 20, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU92849
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-5079
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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 2 calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.


How to mitigate CVE-2008-5079

Install update from vendor's repository.

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