Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2008-2944 (CCN-43556)

Assigned:2008-06-02
Published:2008-06-02
Updated:2022-02-07
Summary:Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU GDB testsuite, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2365.
CVSS v3 Severity:6.2 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
4.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-415
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2008-2944

Source: CCN
Type: GNU Web site
GDB: The GNU Project Debugger

Source: CCN
Type: The Linux Kernel Archives Web site
The Linux Kernel Archives

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 207002
crash - mmput()/unmap_vmas() - gdb testsuite

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359

Source: XF
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
linux-kernel-utrace-dos(43556)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
linux-kernel-utrace-dos(43556)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    fedoraproject fedora core 6
    linux linux kernel 2.6.18 -
    redhat enterprise linux 5.0
    linux linux kernel 2.6.18