7.8 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
5.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
The chrp_show_cpuinfo function (chrp/setup.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.21 through 2.6.18-53, when running on PowerPC, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that cause the of_get_property function to fail, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119576191029571&w=2
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html
secunia.com/advisories/28696
secunia.com/advisories/28748
secunia.com/advisories/29058
secunia.com/advisories/29236
secunia.com/advisories/30018
secunia.com/advisories/30515
secunia.com/advisories/30769
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0154.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/27555
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0380
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396751
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11215
usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/