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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-2358 Detail

Current Description

Integer overflow in the dccp_feat_change function in net/dccp/feat.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.18, and 2.6.17 through 2.6.20, allows local users to gain privileges via an invalid feature length, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.


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Evaluator Solution

Patch information can be found at the following location: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00172.html

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (01/15/2009)

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30000 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30849 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30920 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1592 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29603 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020211 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447389 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43034 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9644 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00082.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2358
NVD Published Date:
06/09/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.