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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-1514 Detail

Current Description

arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and other versions before 2.6.27-rc6, on s390 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via the user-area-padding test from the ptrace testsuite in 31-bit mode, which triggers an invalid dereference.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (05/19/2009)

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3d6e48f43340343d97839eadb1ab7b6a3ea98797 CVE, MITRE
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.6 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc6 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31826 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32237 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32315 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32356 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32799 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://sourceware.org/systemtap/wiki/utrace/tests CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31177 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Patch 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438147 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41501 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9555 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1514
NVD Published Date:
03/25/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE