CVE-2008-3527
First published: Wed Aug 27 2008(Updated: )
arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21 does not properly check boundaries, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to the install_special_mapping, syscall, and syscall32_nopage functions.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.18-rc3 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.18-rc2 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.4.36.6 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.18-rc5 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.18-rc4 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.4.36.2 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.20.16 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.19.4 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.4.36.1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.20.17 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.4.36.4 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.20.20 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.4.36.3 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.20.18 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.19.7 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.20.19 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | <=2.6.20.21 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.18-rc7 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.4.36 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.19.6 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.18-rc6 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.19.5 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.18 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.4.36.5 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.2.27 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.18-rc1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460251
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32485
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33180
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021137
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10602
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7d91d531900bfa1165d445390b3b13a8013f98f7
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7d91d531900bfa1165d445390b3b13a8013f98f7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=322397&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=322397&action=edit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=322399&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/attachment.cgi?id=322399&action=edit
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