CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4410
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-10-03
- 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-20
Description
The vmi_write_ldt_entry function in arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c in the Virtual Machine Interface (VMI) in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.5 invokes write_idt_entry where write_ldt_entry was intended, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (persistent application failure) via crafted function calls, related to the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) experiencing improper LDT selector state, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3247.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel 2.6.26.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=de59985e3a623d4d5d6207f1777398ca0606ab1c git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://osvdb.org/48743 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32124 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32386 secunia.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31565 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45687 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html www.redhat.com
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=de59985e3a623d4d5d6207f1777398ca0606ab1c git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://osvdb.org/48743 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32124 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32386 secunia.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31565 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45687 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html www.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html www.redhat.com