CVE-2008-2372

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
The Linux kernel 2.6.24 and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of calls to the get_user_pages function, which lacks a ZERO_PAGE optimization and results in allocation of "useless newly zeroed pages."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-2372
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-07-02T16:41:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T02:19:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0804.3/3203.html
http://new-ubuntu-news.blogspot.com/2008/06/re-pending-stable-kernel-security_25.html
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=89f5b7da2a6bad2e84670422ab8192382a5aeb9f
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31202
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30901
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32485
http://secunia.com/advisories/30982
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43550
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9383
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2372
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2372
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:24:45 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 03:02:30 2023-02-13T02:19:10 CVE Modified Date updated