CVE-2008-5701
First published: Mon Dec 22 2008(Updated: )
Array index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an o32 syscall with a small syscall number, which leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.28-rc4 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | <=2.6.28 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.28-rc5 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.28-rc1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.28-rc7 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.28-rc6 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.28-rc3 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.28-rc2 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =4.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=e807f9574e37a3f202e677feaaad1b7c5d2c0db8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32716
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33078
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47190
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e807f9574e37a3f202e677feaaad1b7c5d2c0db8
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/nvd-api
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/description
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/linux
- canonical/linux linux kernel
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.28-rc4
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.28
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.28-rc5
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.28-rc1
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.28-rc7
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.28-rc6
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.28-rc3
- version/linux linux kernel/2.6.28-rc2
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/4.0