CVE-2008-5300

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 01 Dec 2008, 17:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 10:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Dec 2008, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 10:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.28 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("soft lockup" and process loss) via a large number of sendmsg function calls, which does not block during AF_UNIX garbage collection and triggers an OOM condition, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5029.

CVSS Metrics

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

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.08%• Percentile: 23%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

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

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    2.6.28 | 2.6.28:rc1 | 2.6.28:rc2 | 2.6.28:rc3 | 2.6.28:rc4 | 2.6.28:rc5

References (30)