CVE - CVE-2008-5079

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-5079	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:1021360 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021360 MISC:20081205 CVE-2008-5079: multiple listen()s on same socket corrupts the vcc table URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498943/100/0/threaded MISC:20081209 rPSA-2008-0332-1 kernel URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded MISC:32676 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32676 MISC:32913 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32913 MISC:33083 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33083 MISC:33348 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33348 MISC:33623 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33623 MISC:33641 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33641 MISC:33704 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33704 MISC:33706 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33706 MISC:33756 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33756 MISC:33854 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33854 MISC:34981 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 MISC:4694 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4694 MISC:DSA-1787 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 MISC:FEDORA-2008-11618 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html MISC:MDVSA-2009:032 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2009:0053 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html MISC:RHSA-2009:0225 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2009:004 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2009:008 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2009:010 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html MISC:USN-714-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/ MISC:USN-715-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1 MISC:[linux-netdev] 20081204 [PATCH] ATM: CVE-2008-5079: multiple listen()s on same socket corrupts the vcc table URL:http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122841256115780&w=2 MISC:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332 URL:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332 MISC:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915 URL:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11288 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11288
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20081114	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081114)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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