CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-2812

7.8 HIGH Published 2008-07-09 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-07-09
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

The Linux kernel before 2.6.25.10 does not properly perform tty operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via vectors involving NULL pointer dereference of function pointers in (1) hamradio/6pack.c, (2) hamradio/mkiss.c, (3) irda/irtty-sir.c, (4) ppp_async.c, (5) ppp_synctty.c, (6) slip.c, (7) wan/x25_asy.c, and (8) wireless/strip.c in drivers/net/.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.25.10) • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 7.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 7.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • novell linux desktop 9 • opensuse opensuse 10.3 • opensuse opensuse 11.0 • suse suse linux enterprise desktop 10 • suse suse linux enterprise server 10 • debian debian linux 4.0 • avaya communication manager (>= 3.1) • avaya expanded meet-me conferencing • avaya intuity audix lx 2.0 • avaya meeting exchange 5.0 • avaya message networking 3.1 • avaya messaging storage server 4.0 • avaya proactive contact 4.0 • avaya sip enablement services • avaya sip enablement services 4.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References