CVE-2008-3528

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 27 Sept 2008, 00:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 09:45

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
18/100
CVSS Score
2.1 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.35% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Sept 2008, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 09:45
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The error-reporting functionality in (1) fs/ext2/dir.c, (2) fs/ext3/dir.c, and possibly (3) fs/ext4/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.5 does not limit the number of printk console messages that report directory corruption, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (temporary system hang) by mounting a filesystem that has corrupted dir->i_size and dir->i_blocks values and performing (a) read or (b) write operations. NOTE: there are limited scenarios in which this crosses privilege boundaries.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.35%• Percentile: 58%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    2.6.26.5

References (38)