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CVE-2008-1615 Detail

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, when running on AMD64 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain ptrace calls.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30112 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30252 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30294 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30368 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30890 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30982 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29086 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020047 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431430 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42278 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9563 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00357.html 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-2008-1615
NVD Published Date:
05/07/2008
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE