CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-2358

Published: Jun 10, 2008 | Modified: Sep 29, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Integer overflow in the dccp_feat_change function in net/dccp/feat.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.18, and 2.6.17 through 2.6.20, allows local users to gain privileges via an invalid feature length, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.17 (including) 2.6.17 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.18 (including) 2.6.18 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.19 (including) 2.6.19 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.20 (including) 2.6.20 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 *
Linux Ubuntu hardy *
Linux Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-source-2.6.15 Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-source-2.6.20 Ubuntu feisty *
Linux-source-2.6.20 Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-source-2.6.22 Ubuntu gutsy *
Linux-source-2.6.22 Ubuntu upstream *

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