CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3077
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-07-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.10 on the x86_64 platform leaks task_struct references into the sys32_ptrace function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, possibly a use-after-free vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.25.10)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1e9a615bfce7996ea4d815d45d364b47ac6a74e8 git.kernel.org
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.10 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31048 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30077 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2063/references Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1e9a615bfce7996ea4d815d45d364b47ac6a74e8 git.kernel.org
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.10 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31048 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30077 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2063/references Third Party Advisory