CVE-2008-1615 — Redhat Enterprise Linux vulnerability

CWE-3995 documents5 sources
Severity
4.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Redhat Enterprise LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Timeline
PublishedMay 8
Latest updateMay 1

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages1 packages

Also affects: Enterprise Linux as_4, es_4, ws_4

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-34cx-gvqg-3jwv: Linux kernel 2↗2022-05-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2008-07-15
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Red Hat
kernel: ptrace: Unprivileged crash on x86_64 %cs corruption↗2008-02-02
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-1615 kernel: ptrace: Unprivileged crash on x86_64 %cs corruption↗2008-02-04
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