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Medium
CVE-2008-5300
Linux kernel 2.6.28 allows local users to cause a denial...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122721862313564&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10283
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33348
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32913
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11427
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4673
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122765505415944&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46943
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32516
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33556
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=473259
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33083
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
- http://osvdb.org/50272
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1550.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470201
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
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Vulnerable Versions:
2.6.28
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 1st, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.