Vulnerability CVE-2008-5029

Vulnerability CVE-2008-5029

Published: 2008-11-10 Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:

The __scm_destroy function in net/core/scm.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.4, 2.6.26, and earlier makes indirect recursive calls to itself through calls to the fput function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via vectors related to sending an SCM_RIGHTS message through a UNIX domain socket and closing file descriptors.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

	Topic	Author	Date
Low	UNIX sockets kernel panic	Andrea Bittau	12.11.2008

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10	6.9/10	3.9/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Local	Low	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
None	None	Complete

Affected software
Linux -> Kernel
Linux -> Linux kernel

References:

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-01/0006.html

http://darkircop.org/unix.c

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.9

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122593044330973&w=2

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4573

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:234

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/06/1

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499700/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499744/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32154

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33079

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021292

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021511

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470201

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46538

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11694

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9558

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html

Vulnerability CVE-2008-5029

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

Low

UNIX sockets kernel panic

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

4.9/10

6.9/10

3.9/10

Local

Low

No required

None

None

Complete

Affected software

References: