CVE-2008-2729

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-2729
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2008-06-30T22:41:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-02-03T19:57:52
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.19
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a;hp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30849 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30850 Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571 Tool Signature
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2729
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2729
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:34:20 Added to TrackCVE