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CVE-2008-0600 Detail

Description

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.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (02/13/2008)

This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4. Updated kernel packages are available to correct this issue for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0129.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120263652322197&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264520431307&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264773202422&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266328220808&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266353621139&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28835 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28858 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28875 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28889 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28896 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28912 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28925 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28933 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28937 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/29245 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019393 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:043 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0129.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488009/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27801 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-577-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432229 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432517 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2237 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11358 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5092 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00270.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00485.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0600
NVD Published Date:
02/12/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.