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CVE-2008-1615

Published: May 08, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1615
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, when running on AMD64 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain ptrace calls.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Enterprise_linuxRedhatas_4 (including)as_4 (including)
Enterprise_linuxRedhates_4 (including)es_4 (including)
Enterprise_linuxRedhatws_4 (including)ws_4 (including)
Enterprise_linux_desktopRedhat4 (including)4 (including)
MRG for RHEL-5RedHatkernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-74.el5rt*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-53.1.21.el5*
LinuxUbuntuhardy*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntudapper*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.20Ubuntufeisty*
Linux-source-2.6.20Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.22Ubuntugutsy*
Linux-source-2.6.22Ubuntuupstream*

References

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