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CVE-2008-5079 Detail

Description

net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122841256115780&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32913 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33083 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33348 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33623 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33641 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33704 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33706 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33756 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33854 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4694 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498943/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32676 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021360 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11288 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

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-2008-5079
NVD Published Date:
12/08/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.