CVE-2008-0600
The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 7.2 High
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2008-02-12
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Affected products
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120263652322197&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264520431307&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264773202422&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266328220808&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266353621139&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28835
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28875
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28896
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28912
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28925
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28933
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28937
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29245
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30818
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019393
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:043
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0129.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488009/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27801
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-577-1
