fkie_cve-2008-5300
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-12-01 17:30
Modified
2024-11-21 00:53
Severity ?
Summary
Linux kernel 2.6.28 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("soft lockup" and process loss) via a large number of sendmsg function calls, which does not block during AF_UNIX garbage collection and triggers an OOM condition, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5029.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=473259
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122721862313564&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122765505415944&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/50272
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32913
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32998
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33083
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33348
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33556
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33706
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33756
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33854
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4673
cve@mitre.orghttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32516
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470201Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46943
cve@mitre.orghttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10283
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11427
cve@mitre.orghttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=473259
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122721862313564&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122765505415944&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/50272
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32913
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33083
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33348
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33556
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4673
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32516
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470201Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46943
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10283
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11427
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel 2.6.28
linux linux_kernel 2.6.28
linux linux_kernel 2.6.28
linux linux_kernel 2.6.28
linux linux_kernel 2.6.28
linux linux_kernel 2.6.28


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