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CVE-2008-5702 Detail

Description

Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT IOCTL call.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11399 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c2500f17d65092d93345f3996cf82ebca17e9ff CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/5/173 CVE, MITRE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/10/2 CVE, MITRE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/20 CVE, MITRE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/6 CVE, MITRE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/9 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33556 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33706 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33756 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35390 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 CVE, MITRE
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47667 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11344 CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5702
NVD Published Date:
12/22/2008
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE