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CVE-2008-2812

Published: 09/07/2008 Updated: 13/02/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 641
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

The Linux kernel prior to 2.6.25.10 does not properly perform tty operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via vectors involving NULL pointer dereference of function pointers in (1) hamradio/6pack.c, (2) hamradio/mkiss.c, (3) irda/irtty-sir.c, (4) ppp_async.c, (5) ppp_synctty.c, (6) slip.c, (7) wan/x25_asy.c, and (8) wireless/strip.c in drivers/net/.

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Vendor Advisories

Red Hat: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that resolve several security issues and fixvarious bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedH ...
Ubuntu Security Notice: linux, linux-source-2.6.15/20/22 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that there were multiple NULL-pointer function dereferences in the Linux kernel terminal handling code A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code as root, or crash the system, leading to a denial of service (CVE-2008-2812) ...
Debian Security Advisories: DSA-1630-1 linux-2.6 -- denial of service/information leak
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2007-6282 Dirk Nehring discovered a vulnerability in the IPsec code that allows remote users to cause a denial of service ...

References

CWE-476http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/2http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.10http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30076http://secunia.com/advisories/31202http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31614http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0665.htmlhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31341http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31229http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.htmlhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-365.htmhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31685http://secunia.com/advisories/31551http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630http://secunia.com/advisories/31048http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32759http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33201http://secunia.com/advisories/32103http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.htmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2063/referenceshttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32370http://secunia.com/advisories/30982https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43687https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6633https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11632https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2a739dd53ad7ee010ae6e155438507f329dce788https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0973https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/https://nvd.nist.gov
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