CVE - CVE-2008-5701

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-5701	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Array index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an o32 syscall with a small syscall number, which leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.
References
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BID:32716 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32716 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=e807f9574e37a3f202e677feaaad1b7c5d2c0db8 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8 DEBIAN:DSA-1787 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 DEBIAN:DSA-1794 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 MLIST:[oss-security] 20081209 CVE request: kernel: MIPS: Fix potential DOS by untrusted user app URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/1 SECUNIA:33078 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33078 SECUNIA:34981 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 SECUNIA:35011 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 XF:linux-kernel-mips-dos(47190) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47190
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081222	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 (20081222)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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