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CVE-2008-0600

Date: February 12, 2008

The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.

Severity Score

8.4

Related Resources (44)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27801

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2237

Url: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120263652322197&w=2

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00485.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432229

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30818

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019393

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28925

Url: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266353621139&w=2

Url: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264773202422&w=2

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28889

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-0600

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432517

Url: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264520431307&w=2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-577-1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0600

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052

Url: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266328220808&w=2

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:043

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00270.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28835

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28912

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28858

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28937

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28875

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11358

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28933

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29245

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488009/100/0/threaded

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0600

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5092

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28896

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0129.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-0600

Severity Score

8.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CWE-94

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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Date: February 12, 2008

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