CVE-2008-3527
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7d91d531900bfa1165d445390b3b13a8013f98f7
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32485Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33180Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021137
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460251
- 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32485Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33180Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021137
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460251
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10602
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.