Published: 03/10/2008 Updated: 13/02/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 495

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

A certain Fedora patch for the utrace subsystem in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.26.5-28 on Fedora 8, and prior to 2.6.26.5-45 on Fedora 9, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash or hang) via a call to the utrace_control function.

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source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/31536/info Fedora 8 and 9 Linux kernel is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the affected kernel, denying service to legitimate users Given the nature of this issue, attackers may also be able to execute arbitrary code, but this has not been confirm ...

CWE-399 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31536 http://kerneloops.org/oops.php?number=56705 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464883 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45644 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32451/

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