CVE-2008-2944

2008-06-3021:41:00

CWE-415

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2008-2944

linux

kernel

vulnerability

utrace support

rhel 5

fedora core 6

denial of service

nvd

CVSS2

4.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

AI Score

5.8

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

0.4%

JSON

Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU GDB testsuite, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2365.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

fedoraprojectfedora_coreMatch6

linuxlinux_kernelMatch2.6.18-

redhatenterprise_linuxMatch5.0

VendorProductVersionCPE
fedoraprojectfedora_core6cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.18cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhatenterprise_linux5.0cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
fedoraproject	fedora_core	6	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6:::::::*
linux	linux_kernel	2.6.18	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:-::::::
redhat	enterprise_linux	5.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::*