CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-2358

7.2 HIGH Published 2008-06-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-06-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-189

Description

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 configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.6.17 • linux linux kernel 2.6.18 • linux linux kernel 2.6.19 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References