Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2008-1514
Published: March 26, 2008 / Updated: September 29, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95208
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:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1514
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management errors error within the __peek_user(), __poke_user(), __peek_user_compat() and __poke_user_compat() functions in arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2008-1514
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3d6e48f43340343d97839eadb1ab7b6a3ea98797
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.6
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc6
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31826
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32315
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32356
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32799
- http://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/utrace/tests
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31177
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438147
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41501
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9555