CVE-2008-5713

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 24 Dec 2008, 17:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 11:04

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.21% LOW
0% probability +0.01%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Dec 2008, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 11:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The __qdisc_run function in net/sched/sch_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 on SMP machines allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) by sending a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by multiple simultaneous invocations of the Netperf benchmark application in UDP_STREAM mode.

CVSS Metrics

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

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.21%• Percentile: 43%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

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

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 2.6.24.7 | 2.6 | 2.6.0 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.10 | 2.6.11 | 2.6.11.1 | 2.6.11.2 | 2.6.11.3 | 2.6.11.4 | 2.6.11.5 | 2.6.11.6 | 2.6.11.7 | 2.6.11.8 | 2.6.11.9 | 2.6.11.10 | 2.6.11.11 | 2.6.11.12 | 2.6.12 | 2.6.12.1 | 2.6.12.2 | 2.6.12.3 | 2.6.12.4 | 2.6.12.5 | 2.6.12.6 | 2.6.13 | 2.6.13.1 | 2.6.13.2 | 2.6.13.3 | 2.6.13.4 | 2.6.13.5 | 2.6.14 | 2.6.14.1 | 2.6.14.2 | 2.6.14.3 | 2.6.14.4 | 2.6.14.5 | 2.6.14.6 | 2.6.14.7 | 2.6.15 | 2.6.15.1 | 2.6.15.2 | 2.6.15.3 | 2.6.15.4 | 2.6.15.5 | 2.6.15.6 | 2.6.15.7 | 2.6.16 | 2.6.16.1 | 2.6.16.2 | 2.6.16.3 | 2.6.16.4 | 2.6.16.5 | 2.6.16.6 | 2.6.16.7 | 2.6.16.8 | 2.6.16.9 | 2.6.16.10 | 2.6.16.11 | 2.6.16.12 | 2.6.16.13 | 2.6.16.14 | 2.6.16.15 | 2.6.16.16 | 2.6.16.17 | 2.6.16.18 | 2.6.16.19 | 2.6.16.20 | 2.6.16.21 | 2.6.16.22 | 2.6.16.23 | 2.6.16.24 | 2.6.16.25 | 2.6.16.26 | 2.6.16.27 | 2.6.16.28 | 2.6.16.29 | 2.6.16.30 | 2.6.16.31 | 2.6.16.32 | 2.6.16.33 | 2.6.16.34 | 2.6.16.35 | 2.6.16.36 | 2.6.16.37 | 2.6.16.38 | 2.6.16.39 | 2.6.16.40 | 2.6.16.41 | 2.6.16.42 | 2.6.16.43 | 2.6.16.44 | 2.6.16.45 | 2.6.16.46 | 2.6.16.47 | 2.6.16.48 | 2.6.16.49 | 2.6.16.50 | 2.6.16.51 | 2.6.16.52 | 2.6.16.53 | 2.6.16.54 | 2.6.16.55 | 2.6.16.56 | 2.6.16.57 | 2.6.16.58 | 2.6.16.59 | 2.6.16.60 | 2.6.16.61 | 2.6.16.62 | 2.6.17 | 2.6.17.1 | 2.6.17.2 | 2.6.17.3 | 2.6.17.4 | 2.6.17.5 | 2.6.17.6 | 2.6.17.7 | 2.6.17.8 | 2.6.17.9 | 2.6.17.10 | 2.6.17.11 | 2.6.17.12 | 2.6.17.13 | 2.6.17.14 | 2.6.18 | 2.6.18:rc1 | 2.6.18:rc2 | 2.6.18:rc3 | 2.6.18:rc4 | 2.6.18:rc5 | 2.6.18:rc6 | 2.6.18:rc7 | 2.6.18.1 | 2.6.18.2 | 2.6.18.3 | 2.6.18.4 | 2.6.18.5 | 2.6.18.6 | 2.6.18.7 | 2.6.18.8 | 2.6.19 | 2.6.19.1 | 2.6.19.2 | 2.6.19.3 | 2.6.19.4 | 2.6.19.5 | 2.6.19.6 | 2.6.19.7 | 2.6.20 | 2.6.20.1 | 2.6.20.2 | 2.6.20.3 | 2.6.20.4 | 2.6.20.5 | 2.6.20.6 | 2.6.20.7 | 2.6.20.8 | 2.6.20.9 | 2.6.20.10 | 2.6.20.11 | 2.6.20.12 | 2.6.20.13 | 2.6.20.14 | 2.6.20.15 | 2.6.20.16 | 2.6.20.17 | 2.6.20.18 | 2.6.20.19 | 2.6.20.20 | 2.6.20.21 | 2.6.21 | 2.6.21.1 | 2.6.21.2 | 2.6.21.3 | 2.6.21.4 | 2.6.21.5 | 2.6.21.6 | 2.6.21.7 | 2.6.22 | 2.6.22.1 | 2.6.22.2 | 2.6.22.3 | 2.6.22.4 | 2.6.22.5 | 2.6.22.6 | 2.6.22.7 | 2.6.22.8 | 2.6.22.9 | 2.6.22.10 | 2.6.22.11 | 2.6.22.12 | 2.6.22.13 | 2.6.22.14 | 2.6.22.15 | 2.6.22.16 | 2.6.22.17 | 2.6.22.18 | 2.6.22.19 | 2.6.22.20 | 2.6.22.21 | 2.6.22.22 | 2.6.23 | 2.6.23:rc1 | 2.6.23:rc2 | 2.6.23.1 | 2.6.23.2 | 2.6.23.3 | 2.6.23.4 | 2.6.23.5 | 2.6.23.6 | 2.6.23.7 | 2.6.23.8 | 2.6.23.9 | 2.6.23.10 | 2.6.23.11 | 2.6.23.12 | 2.6.23.13 | 2.6.23.14 | 2.6.23.15 | 2.6.23.16 | 2.6.23.17 | 2.6.24 | 2.6.24:rc1 | 2.6.24:rc2 | 2.6.24:rc3 | 2.6.24:rc4 | 2.6.24:rc5 | 2.6.24.1 | 2.6.24.2 | 2.6.24.3 | 2.6.24.4 | 2.6.24.5 | 2.6.24.6

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