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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.
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.
Source: MITRE View Analysis Description
Source: MITRE
Base Score: 7.2 HIGH Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend) Impact Subscore: 10.0 Exploitability Subscore: 3.9
Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (AU): None Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availability (A): Complete Additional Information: Provides administrator accessAllows unauthorized disclosure of informationAllows disruption of service
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
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OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488009/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488009/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11358 [No Types Assigned]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5092 [No Types Assigned]
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11358 [No Types Assigned]
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5092 [Exploit]