CVE-2008-3534

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
The shmem_delete_inode function in mm/shmem.c in the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file create, remove, and overwrite operations, as demonstrated by the insserv program, related to allocation of "useless pages" and improper maintenance of the i_blocks count.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-3534
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2008-08-08T19:41:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-07-31T21:27:38
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.26.1
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 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://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/26/71 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git;a=commit;h=14fcc23fdc78e9d32372553ccf21758a9bd56fa1 Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31134 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44489 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3534
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3534
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:26:59 Added to TrackCVE