CVE-2008-1615

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 08 May 2008, 00:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 08:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.11% LOW
0% probability +0.05%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 May 2008, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 08:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, when running on AMD64 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain ptrace calls.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.11%• Percentile: 30%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    as_4 | es_4 | ws_4

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop

    4

References (28)