Red Hat Fedora 8/9 utrace_control resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Fedora 8/9. It has been declared as problematic. This affects the function utrace_control. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-3832. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Red Hat Fedora 8/9. Affected is the function utrace_control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A certain Fedora patch for the utrace subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.5-28 on Fedora 8, and before 2.6.26.5-45 on Fedora 9, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash or hang) via a call to the utrace_control function.

The weakness was released 10/03/2008 as Bug 464883 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3832 since 08/27/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45644), Exploit-DB (32451) and SecurityFocus (BID 31536†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Fedora 9

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08/27/2008 🔍
10/02/2008 +35 days 🔍
10/03/2008 +1 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2356 days 🔍
12/22/2024 +3568 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 464883
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3832 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3832
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44316
X-Force: 45644 - Fedora utrace_control denial of service
SecurityFocus: 31536 - Fedora 8/9 Linux Kernel 'utrace_control' NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 12/22/2024 05:48
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (50), 10/09/2018 11:00 (8), 12/22/2024 05:48 (25)
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