NVD

CVE-2008-2729 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 4.9 MEDIUM

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a%3Bhp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a%3Bhp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30849	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30849	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30850	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30850	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571	Tool Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571	Tool Signature

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	NIST

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Change History

7 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:47:34 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a%3Bhp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff
Added	Reference	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/30849
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/30850
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/31551
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943
Added	Reference	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271
Added	Reference	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571

Modified Analysis by NIST 2/03/2022 2:57:52 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 1094 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:linux_kernel:2.6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:linux_kernel:2.6.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:linux_kernel:2.6.2::::::: cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:linux_kernel:2.6.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:linux_kernel:2.6.4::::::: cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:linux_kernel:2.6.5::::::: cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:linux_kernel:2.6.6::::::: cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:linux_kernel:2.6.7::::::: *cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:linux_kernel:2.6.	OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 2.6.19
Changed	Reference Type	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a;hp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff Exploit	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a;hp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html No Types Assigned	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/30849 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/30849 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/30850 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/30850 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571 Tool Signature

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2729
NVD Published Date:
06/30/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE

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CVE-2008-2729 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:47:34 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 9:53:51 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 11/06/2023 9:02:17 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 2/03/2022 2:57:52 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 9/28/2017 9:31:17 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 8/07/2017 9:31:16 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 7/01/2008 10:52:00 AM

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