CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel 2.6.23 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-189. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
Array index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an o32 syscall with a small syscall number, which leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.
The bug was discovered 12/04/2008. The weakness was shared 12/22/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-5701 since 12/22/2008. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 440 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38668 (Debian DSA-1787-1 : linux-2.6.24 - denial of service/privilege escalation/information leak), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47190) and Tenable (38668). The entries 45355, 47924, 47913 and 47848 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Numeric errorCWE: CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Nessus ID: 38668
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1787-1 : linux-2.6.24 - denial of service/privilege escalation/information leak
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OpenVAS ID: 63939
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1787-1 (linux-2.6.24)
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Timeline
10/09/2007 🔍12/04/2008 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-5701 (🔍)
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X-Force: 47190
Vulnerability Center: 21962 - Linux Kernel < 2.6.28-rc8 MIPS scall64-o32.S Local DoS Vulnerability, Low
SecurityFocus: 32716 - Linux Kernel MIPS Untrusted User Application Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 34981 - Debian update for linux-2.6.24, Less Critical
OSVDB: 50935 - CVE-2008-5701 - Linux - Kernel - Denial-Of-Service Issue
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 09/03/2019 10:10
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (79), 09/03/2019 10:10 (5)
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